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Firm retaliates against cyberattacks; some fear it will make matters worse
From: dave () farber net
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:05 -0400
___ Dave Farber +1 412 726 9889 ...... Forwarded Message ....... From: gep2 () terabites com To: dfarber () cs cmu edu Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:01:40 -0500 Subj: [IP] Firm retaliates against cyberattacks; some fear it will make matters worse The real problems with stuff like this, as attractive as it is (even just to ping or fetch the referenced Web page from the server being promoted... which would SEEM at first blush like a good idea for an automated antispam filter) are that (and this list is not intended to be exhaustive!): 1) It BECOMES a mechanism for DDOS attacks and Joe-Jobs; sending a spam with a forged origin or target URL can result in massively distributed retaliation against an innocent VICTIM rather than the real perpetrator. 2) URLs are often encoded to turn them into Web bugs; even just fetching a referenced Web page is enough to tell the spammer that you've received the spam and that your E-mail address is a "good!" one. Gordon Peterson http://personal.terabites.com/ 1977-2002 Twenty-fifth anniversary year of Local Area Networking! Support free and fair US elections! http://stickers.defend-democracy.org 12/19/98: Partisan Republicans scornfully ignore the voters they "represent". 12/09/00: the date the Republican Party took down democracy in America. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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