[67623] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Anti-spam System Idea
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jlewis@lewis.org)
Sat Feb 14 20:22:07 2004
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:21:29 -0500 (EST)
From: jlewis@lewis.org
To: Tim Thorpe <tim@cleanyourdirt.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20040214235015.EYGC28907.imta02a2.registeredsite.com@narzyws>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Tim Thorpe wrote:
> If these exist then why are we still having problems?
Because the spammers are creating proxies faster than any of the anti-spam
people can find them. Evidence suggests, at least on the order of 10,000
new spam proxies are created and used every day by spackers
(spammer/hackers).
The relative insecurity of windows and ignorance of the average internet
user has created an incredibly target rich environment for the spackers.
> Why do we let customers who have been infected flood the networks with
> traffic as they do? Should they not also be responsible for the security
> of their computers? Do we not do enough to educate?
Economics, and convenience outweighing security. We're big, and slow to
change. They're small and mobile.
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