Is virus scanning interception - The final word??

[Quentin Campbell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Perry [mailto:roland@linx.net]=20
> Sent: 27 July 2002 08:20
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: Is virus scanning interception - The final word??
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[snip]
> As we've now established that the IC is only interested in AV=20
> scanning=20
> by employers in the workplace, my main concern is to have=20
> something in=20
> the CoP which prevents wild goose chases in the future. One way is to=20
> make it clearer (despite 200 emails here, it had escaped all the=20
> participants) that the CoP doesn't refer to ISPs; the other=20
> is to avoid=20
> making the sweeping statement that all automatic virus checkers are=20
> intercepting . Because those which delete the email it or=20
> quarantine it=20
> for the recipient, aren't. I have no problem with them exploring the=20
> situation where it's quarantined for an employer's human sysadmin to=20
> look at (legally under lawful business practice).
> --=20
> Roland Perry

Does the CoP apply to an ISP whose systems act as the mail host for a
company or organisation? =20

Quentin