[91745] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP wants to stop outgoing web based spam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Waters)
Fri Aug 11 04:16:46 2006
From: Simon Waters <simonw@zynet.net>
To: Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:16:11 +0100
Cc: Nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0608110721220.9368@efes.iucc.ac.il>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Friday 11 Aug 2006 05:24, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > You should look after the automated tools (probably using a virus
> > scanner or something like this) and trigger a covert alert once they
> > are detected. If the spam sent out is of the right kind, you can
> > phone the police and have the guy arrested.
>
> Please show me which virus scanner scans html pages for the words like V I
> A G R A, or Free M O R T G A G E, as it is going outbound.
HTTP::Proxy ?
I don't know what the icap support in Squid 3 will offer.
I'm with Florian, you are looking for a technical solution, when the problem
is best solved on the ground.
Did you consider that perhaps your customer really is the spammer, or is
complicit in the abuse?
