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Re: Form spam


From: Brian Smith-Sweeney <bsmithsweeney () NYU EDU>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:16:25 -0500

David Dean wrote:
Does anyone do anything about form spam?  We have application level
processes in place but we don't report this the way, say, email spam is
reported and track, and sometimes prosecuted.  I ask because we're
getting more and more.  It seems to be the cool new outlet for
frustrated email spammers.

Thanks,
David
The ISC at SANS did something on this a while back, because they were
getting bombarded; I don't know if they're tracking/reporting this stuff
or not.  Unfortunately I couldn't find the diary entry where they
discussed this but I know they've got something in place.

Cheers,
Brian

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Brian Smith-Sweeney      Sr. Network Security Analyst
ITS Technology Security Services, New York University
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