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Re: Utah governor signs Net-porn bill


From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:37:31 -0500


On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:23:12AM -0500, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
What is the plan -- if any -- to deal with the hosting of the porn sites
on the computers of the people who they're supposed to be blocked from?

What I'm referring to is the occasional spammer tactic of downloading
web site contents into a hijacked Windows box ("zombie") and then using
either redirectors, or rapidly-updating DNS, or just plain old IP addresses
in URIs to send HTTP traffic there.  This seems to be a tactic of choice
on those occasions when the content is of a dubious nature: kiddie porn,
warez, credit card numbers, identity theft tools, that sort of thing.

"That's simple: just block inbound access to port 80 on the customer
machines!"

Cheers,
-- jra
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