IP: Spam war gags Gilmore [ are you next .. djf]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/173
>
> Spam war gags Gilmore
>
> March 15, 2001 5:19 PM PT
>
> Aggressive anti-spam measures by Dallas-based ISP Verio have stripped some
> of the Internet's digerati of the ability to send email, and EFF co-founder
> John Gilmore is calling it censorship.
>
> Gilmore's home network includes what anti-spam crusaders call an "open
> relay" -- a mail server that accepts and forwards email from anyone. For
> decades, the practice was considered central to good network citizenship.
> But in recent years, spammers have begun hijacking open relays to multiply,
> sometimes a thousand fold, the number of junk messages they can send at
> once.
>
> That abuse sparked a campaign by anti-spam activists to close the open
> relays, a campaign that Gilmore, an entrepreneur, electronic civil
> libertarian, and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), has
> little use for.
>
> "It reminds me of the X-ray machines they have in airports and the security
> checks they put people through," says Gilmore. "It doesn't actually solve
> the problem, it just infringes on the rights of the innocent."
>
> <snip>



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