Re: Comment Spam: new trends, failing counter-measures and why it's a big deal

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> On 2/12/06, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
>
> > Another important point to make is the domains used. Much like with
> > emails spam, these change very frequently and seem to be registered in
> > bulk. I don't doubt these are the same people.
>
>
>
> Can you provide some of the domains used for spamming? I was just
> wondering if their whois registrations are similar. If so, it may be
> possible to generate a PTDL (Possibly Throwaway Domain List) based off
> of a bot crawling the whois database for similarly registered sites.
>
> Plz let me know if this is a stupid idea and why.

Nope, a good one. Blacklisting for domains works well. :)
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