[69341] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Anti-Spam Router -- opinions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Tue Apr 6 16:39:44 2004
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 23:38:32 +0300
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>,
Michael.Dillon@radianz.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0404061316211.1653-100000@sasami.anime.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Dan Hollis wrote:
>On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
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>>If you rate-limit 2 million compromised machines to 20 msgs/day each,
>>there's only 400 million spams. Total.
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>this implies network operators will suddenly find a clue, something which
>will never happen. ever.
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Clue is generally available in exchange of money. However it requires a
seed of foresight or clue to hire more in. Or a business neccessity and
a strike of luck. Clue only pays in the long run, so todays
quarter-capitalism does not promote clue.
Pete
>(well, they sometimes suddenly find clue when it is forced upon them, like
>say with a subpoena or search warrant.)
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>-Dan
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