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RE: why o why did NASA do this.
From: "Sean Crawford" <sean01 () accnet com au>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:40:00 +1000
After looking through some of the dirs on this ftp site I'm wondering what use it is at all. Just about everything I could look at hailed from 1996 or earlier. Either way I'll bet the logs on that server would make an interesting read for someone now. Sean. ---> ---> Harry de Grote wrote: ---> ---> >i have to admit... it's pretty old and useless, but i think ---> this may be a nice ---> >place for spammers to try out some new adresses... ---> > ---> > ---> > ---> This is *NOT* the major issue that everyone is blowing it out to be. ---> ---> Lists like this are available on many organization/company websites. ---> This mailing list itself is a vast treasure-trove of data for ---> spammers. ---> In fact, it's a far more lucrative one because the users span multiple ---> active e-mail domains. ---> ---> Even with this abundance of e-mail accounts, spammers STILL ---> use botnets ---> and the like to send out spam to random e-mails. Spammers ---> don't need a ---> list of verified e-mails to spam people, not the way that they ---> do things. ---> ---> Not to mention that people listed in this file aren't an ---> amazing target ---> for spam. Do you think someone thinking "Hmmm... where can I find ---> stupid people who will respond to my random scam e-mail?" is going to ---> respond with "I know! Nasa!" I mean, seriously, they're ---> going to spend ---> their time spamming AOL, not Nasa. Even with that, I'm sure that they ---> do it...and they don't even need this list to do it. ---> ---> Come on people, rather than being scared of the monster in the closet, ---> can we apply a logic filter to things like this? ---> ---> -Barry ---> ---> p.s. Spam is a nuisance that occassionally includes exploits ---> to achieve ---> a further goal. Sending spam may include the act of compromising ---> systems, but recieving (and subsequently deleting) spam does not ---> constitute a security issue. Random people can e-mail you. Random ---> people have always been able to e-mail you. If this scares you, go on ---> Paxil and get over you Generalized Anxiety Disorder condition. The ---> only instance where I can see the reciept of spam as a ---> security issue is ---> if it's DoS'ing your network, and that is a different issue altogether. ---> - ---> _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- why o why did NASA do this. Deigo Dude (Oct 14)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. Geza Papp dr (Axelero) (Oct 15)
- RE: why o why did NASA do this. Chris DeVoney (Oct 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. Mike Diehl (Encrypted email preferred) (Oct 17)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. Andrew Smith (Oct 17)
- Re[2]: why o why did NASA do this. Geza Papp dr (Axelero) (Oct 17)
- Re: Re[2]: why o why did NASA do this. Andrew Smith (Oct 17)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. Adam Jones (Oct 17)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. Harry de Grote (Oct 18)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. Barry Fitzgerald (Oct 18)
- RE: why o why did NASA do this. Sean Crawford (Oct 18)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. Andrew Smith (Oct 17)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. KF_lists (Oct 18)
- Re[2]: why o why did NASA do this. Geza Papp dr (Axelero) (Oct 18)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. GuidoZ (Oct 19)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. GuidoZ (Oct 19)
- Re: why o why did NASA do this. GuidoZ (Oct 28)