[94603] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: who was the last legit spammer?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Black)
Mon Jan 29 09:59:16 2007
To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:58:05 -0800
From: Matthew Black <black@csulb.edu>
X-Original-To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0701280927440.16606@soloth.lewis.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:30:09 -0500 (EST)
Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Travis H. wrote:
>
>> Hey, was discussing something from the long distant past recently.
>> Specifically it was my memory of the last legitimate spamhaus,
>> and how (IIRC) their backbone was DDoS'd as an act of pseudo-vigilante
>> justice. I also seem to remember their backbone as spinning it
>> as a content-neutral free-speech kind of thing, but they buckled
>> and the Internet was probably better off.
>
> "Legit spammer"? Perhaps you're thinking of Sanford Wallace's cyberpromo
>and AGIS?
>
> http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9710/msg00018.html
Kanter & Seagal's Green Card spam? I think they were the first
wide-spread spam. Anyone recall the year/date? I'm thinking 1993.
matthew black
network services
california state university, long beach
