Re: harvesting this list for email addresses

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Andre Ludwig wrote:

<<snip>>
> And to keep it with today's theme of regurgitating slashdot articles on list...
>
> IT: Meng Wong's Perspectives on Antispam
> Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 15, @08:15PM
> from the no-more-online-pharmacy dept.
>   netscoop writes "CircleID is running an interesting blog by Meng
> Wong, best know as the lead developer of the anti-spam authentication
> scheme, SPF. While touching on various recent hot issues, Meng has
> this to say about phishing: 'The final solution to the phishing
> problem requires that people use a whitelist-only, default-deny
> paradigm for email. Many people already subscribe to default-deny for
> IM and VoIP, but there is a cultural resistance to whitelist-only
> email -- email is perceived as the medium of least reserve. I believe
> that we must move to a default-deny model for email to solve phishing;
> at the same time we must preserve the openness that made email the
> killer app in the first place. The tension between these poles creates
> a tremendous opportunity for innovation and social good if we get
> things right, and for shattering failure if we get things wrong.'
> Right or wrong, definitely worth a read."

More evidence Wong is smoking some really baaaaad shit and he should 
stop talking as if he a single fucking clue about what spam is all 
about, because he doesn't and clearly never will...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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