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Re: ICQ & AOL


From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol () NorthShoreTechnologies net>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 03:20:02 -0400


sthaug () nethelp no wrote:

I'd venture to say that this is the result of the following phenomena:

Block all APNIC and RIPE assigned networks at the border and all of the
sudden, hack attempts and CC fraud disappear.

It's fan-%^&#ing-tasticly simple to do and so very effective.

And if I block the ARIN assigned networks, most of the spam I receive
disappears. It's very effective.

Yet both tactics, somehow, seem like overkill..

**SJS (stating the obvious)


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