Re: [squid-users] Re: useragent list somewhere?

* On 23/11/05 10:01 +0100, Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> Joost de Heer wrote:
>
> >Personally, I think such a list is useless, since 'User-Agent' is a header
> >that can be faked.
>
> Yes, you are right, too. But if I apply such a blacklist, I reduce the
> chance for such "malware" to pass through (altough it will never be 100%
> protection). Do you agree?

I don't agree, myself. I believe integrating a malware scanner will be
better, although even that is also not 100%, because the anti-virus
relies on virus signature, which need to be updated.
However, using both will make someone feel the false sense of security ;)
You can use multiple levels of protection will make you feel even
better!

-Wash

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