RE: How Tucows Helps A Spammer Cover His Tracks

["StyleWar" <stylewar () cox net>]

The Internet has become the worlds dirty little whore. Everyone uses her, we
care less about her health and more about her speed with the goodies...No
one's willing to an honest wage for her services any more, and we need
prophylactics to prevent the spread of viruses from her womb.

...And you can quote me on that.

-

StyleWar

"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:59 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] How Tucows Helps A Spammer Cover His Tracks
>
> This is nothing new, but more attention to this sort of mess 
> needs to be brought to the forefront & discussed. Some of 
> these registrars are in it simply for the money and care 
> nothing about the "health" of the Internet.
>
> Shame, shame.
>
> Via eMail Battles.
>
> [snip]
>
> These days, it seems everybody complains about spammers, but 
> few have noticed how key players allow spammers to ply their 
> trade. Email Battles takes you on safari, tracking a big one, 
> then shows you how a well-known and respected registrar makes 
> the tracks vanish.
>
> Think about that next time you hear ICANN-types whine about 
> the impossibility of stopping spam. You're either part of the 
> solution, or part of the problem.
>
> [snip]
>
> Much more here:
> http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/spam_aadifaegjg_cd/
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet  
> fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net  ferg's tech 
> blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
>
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