Re: Spam sent from compromised (web)hosts vs botnet spam

Steve Atkins <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:59:39 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.asrg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mar 22, 2013, at 8:55 AM, "John Levine" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> AIUI the point was to give hosting companies the ability to see that one 
>> of their hosts is possibly spamming (either because it's been 
>> compromised, leased by spammers, or whatever).
> 
> Sounds like we're reinventing feedback loops.  They work pretty well
> where they exist, with the hardest part being to figure out where to
> send the report for a random IP or signature.

And even that's not too difficult for opt-in FBLs, though the management
can be tedious.

. o O (Still not "research")

Cheers,
  Steve

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