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Re: Advances in Spamming Techniques
From: David Maxwell <david () crlf net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:30:16 -0400
On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 07:41:16PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 16:38, security snot wrote:Recently I've also observed certain advances on bypassing spam filters, which are being actively exploited out in the wild. Since this is apparently a serious security-related matter (unsolicited email) I thought I might share the body of this email with this list, so that everyone can know what to watch out for in the future, and begin to develop better antispam security filters.None of this will get past Bayesian filters.
However, a related technique which I've seen lately is that of appending a couple of paragraphs of non-spam text, in an attempt to out-weigh the spamminess of the other content. It's clear that (at least some of) the spammers to enough experimenting to conclude that this works against some spam-defense systems. -- David Maxwell, david () vex net|david () maxwell net --> Although some of you out there might find a microwave oven controlled by a Unix system an attractive idea, controlling a microwave oven is easily accomplished with the smallest of microcontrollers. - Russ Hersch - (Microcontroller primer and FAQ) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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