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Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcastpop-ups)
From: chris () blask org
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:16:31 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Mon, 10/19/09, Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk> wrote:
Ummmm -- given the huge number of compromised client machines out there, and the multiplier of each such machine giving up N email account details (ISP, work or school, free webmail, one for most IM services the user is registered with, etc, etc) per legit user of the machine (2, 3, 4, 5, ??? per PC for a typical "home computer"), you see being able to "strongly authenticate" some, even any Emails from that system as BOTH possible and sufficiently user friendly that it might actually be used by more than a tiny fraction of the really most nerdy of IT techie types (who have other easier/more ingrained methods at their own disposal now)?
Really?
Well, no. Actually, I think nothing at all is going to happen in regards to spam (at least nothing users will notice). I think it is conceivable that something *could* be done, but there are more hurdles than there is need for a solution. Rich raises some more of the hurdles, and if there was any chance of anyone doing anything I might try to tackle them, but since there isn't (and I just don't care about spam), I won't. ;~)
What _are_ you smoking?
A really good cuban or jamaican sound nice, but unfortunately I don't do either. -chris _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups), (continued)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups) Nick FitzGerald (Oct 19)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups) Rich Kulawiec (Oct 20)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups) G. D. Fuego (Oct 20)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups) Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 20)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups) Nick FitzGerald (Oct 20)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups) Rich Kulawiec (Oct 20)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene(was Comcastpop-ups) Rich Kulawiec (Oct 20)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcastpop-ups) chris (Oct 19)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcastpop-ups) Rich Kulawiec (Oct 19)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcastpop-ups) Nick FitzGerald (Oct 19)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcastpop-ups) chris (Oct 19)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcastpop-ups) Rich Kulawiec (Oct 17)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcast pop-ups) Michael Collins (Oct 13)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcast pop-ups) Rich Kulawiec (Oct 13)
- Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcast pop-ups) Michael Collins (Oct 13)
- Re: dumb. Comcast pop-ups Toralv_Dirro (Oct 10)
- Re: dumb. Comcast pop-ups Jon Kibler (Oct 10)
- Re: dumb. Comcast pop-ups Michael Collins (Oct 10)
- Re: dumb. Comcast pop-ups Jim Murray (Oct 11)
- Re: dumb. Comcast pop-ups Jon Kibler (Oct 11)