[Towertalk] RE: WinProxy

[Bryan Fields]

On Wednesday 08 May 2002 00:15, you wrote:
> I'm running WinProxy with the anti-virus option on my StarBand
> 2-way satellite setup with Win2K Pro, and it works just fine.
> I configured it to run as a service instead of as an application.
> It's been transparent as far as speed goes, and it has had no
> trouble processing simultaneous accesses from five workstations,
> including the one it's hosted on (a P2/400 w/ 384MB RAM).
>
> Good product.
Most email scanners are easy to DOS if not crash entiarly.  The majority will 
attempt to unzip a file and analize the contents for viri.  I have broken 
many a server by sending 10 Gb of zeros zipped up.  

This just proves the mua (mail user agent) is at fault, so one should swich 
mua's and or O/S's.

-- 
Bryan Fields, KB9MCI
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