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RE: Anti-spam System Idea
From: jlewis () lewis org
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:21:29 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Tim Thorpe wrote:
If these exist then why are we still having problems?
Because the spammers are creating proxies faster than any of the anti-spam people can find them. Evidence suggests, at least on the order of 10,000 new spam proxies are created and used every day by spackers (spammer/hackers). The relative insecurity of windows and ignorance of the average internet user has created an incredibly target rich environment for the spackers.
Why do we let customers who have been infected flood the networks with traffic as they do? Should they not also be responsible for the security of their computers? Do we not do enough to educate?
Economics, and convenience outweighing security. We're big, and slow to change. They're small and mobile. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *jlewis () lewis org*| I route Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are Atlantic Net | _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________
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