[14449] in North American Network Operators' Group
Attack of the Killer Spam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Rothschild)
Tue Dec 30 19:51:49 1997
From: "Adam Rothschild" <asr@millburn.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 19:42:07 -0500
NANOG folk:
Over the past few weeks, I have noticed an influx of SPAM(tm) transmitted by
UUNet dynamic IP dial-up users (read: MSN, Earthlink, GTE, etc.) and relayed
using Earthlink SMTP relays. Am I turning senile prematurely, or has anyone
else noticed this influx?
Also, how easy would it be for Earthlink and other nationwide "ISP's" (or
more accurately, UU/PSI resellers) to do the following? This would not stop
SPAM(tm) dead in its tracks, but I figure it would make it easier to hold
spammers accountable at least... unless, of course, they use throw-away
accounts, in which case there is not much that can be done...
- institute anti-spam rules on their SMTP relays, i.e. only relay mail
reporting to be from earthlink.net and the virtual domains they host
- only allow SMTP relaying from IP's assigned to *their customers*
dynamically (cross-reference Radius logs?)
Constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated! Together, we CAN make a
difference.
Regards,
Adam
