Re: SMS 2003 and PIF files
- From: Jose Holguin <JoseHolguin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:43:01 -0700
That is not up to me. We have an Information Security Department that deals
with this, and usually they are very uptight about allowing remote creation
of potentially dangerous file types. I guess I'll have to convince them or
SMS may fail to function properly.
On the other hand, the SMS team in Microsoft should take note of this design
issue, since Microsoft latest strategy is focused towards security.
Thank you Doug,
Jose
"Doug Eby [MSFT]" wrote:
> These are SMS Package files that are being blocked. It really depends on
> what the package file is created for (distribution, configuration change,
> etc.) that will determine what impact blocking the file will make. Because
> these are generated randomly you really won't be able to know what the
> package file is for. It could potentially stop a distribution,
> configuration change, etc. from making it to the destination site.
>
> Are you able to configure your antivirus program to exclude these file
> types? That would be the ideal solution here.
> --
> Doug Eby [MSFT]
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
>
> "Jose Holguin" <JoseHolguin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:62EB65F1-80ED-42EF-B835-3EC8983B367C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > Thanks for your prompt answer. I just found out by checking the antivirus
> > logs, and it has been blocking them for some time now. As you assumed not
> > many of these files are being created, at most three or four in one day,
> > but
> > they are blocked from being created.
> >
> > What happens with SMS when these files are blocked?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Jose
> >
> >
> >
> > "Doug Eby [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Jose,
> >>
> >> In SMS we create Package files in the Inboxes\schedule.box\tosend with
> >> random extensions beginning with a P then 2 random characters. The Pif
> >> that
> >> you are seeing most likely is one of these package files that just
> >> happened
> >> to be created with the Pif extension. Your virus checker may not like
> >> this
> >> extension because in the past the PIF was used to create a shortcut to,
> >> or
> >> modify the properties of, an MS-DOS-based program. Because it is
> >> unlikely
> >> that you are actually going to have these type of Pif files in your
> >> environment, I think the only real solution would be to put the Pif
> >> extension in the list of exclusions on that directory on your virus
> >> checker
> >> so these random files will not be prevented.
> >>
> >> My assumption is that you are not seeing a lot of these Pif file
> >> extensions?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> --
> >> Doug Eby [MSFT]
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jose Holguin" <JoseHolguin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:2B3FD068-E76B-48B5-9B6D-F05514E02D13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Does anyone know what are the PIF extension files created in the
> >> > Inboxes\schedule.box\tosend folder for?
> >> >
> >> > My antivirus is blocking the remote creation of these files just
> >> > because
> >> > of
> >> > their extension, I need to know how does this affect any SMS process.
> >> >
> >> > Jose
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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