[69571] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lazy network operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Crist Clark)
Wed Apr 14 13:53:10 2004
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:52:30 -0700
From: Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com>
In-reply-to: <20040414003833.GH21738@eff.org>
To: Chris Palmer <chris@eff.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Chris Palmer wrote:
> When evaluating spam solutions, the first thing I ask is, "Does this
> empower users?" If the answer is no, it's probably the wrong solution.
Spammers are users too. You can't spell "abuser" without "user." You
are inherently trying to diminish the power of the abuser users. No
spam mitigation solution can ever answer, "yes," to that question
without the qualification that at least some users, the abusers, will be
disempowered. The equation will always come to balancing how hard you
hit the spammers versus minimizing the collateral damage. Or it's another
classic example of security versus usability.
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Crist J. Clark crist.clark@globalstar.com
Globalstar Communications (408) 933-4387
