[56784] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Fwd: FC: Email a RoadRunner address, get scanned by their
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Fri Mar 14 23:58:01 2003
From: "Jack Bates" <jbates@brightok.net>
To: <jlewis@lewis.org>, "Jeff Kell" <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
Cc: "William Allen Simpson" <wsimpson@greendragon.com>,
"North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 22:57:30 -0600
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
From: <jlewis@lewis.org>
>
> I suspect we've gotten to the point now that there are more open proxies
> than open relays on the net, and it seems the proxies are more heavily
> abused.
>
Perhaps it is because trojans and worms aren't setup to install open relays
but to install open proxies. Proxies also have the advantage of hiding the
original sender. I suspect that the next thing we will see is open proxies
abused and then all traces wiped out by self protecting worms.
-Jack
