Re: Speaking of filtering, was Research-y (IPv6)

>>I'm going to have one more go at sending email to this list to determine
.........
> Well, here's a question.  Richard was sending mail from Demon, which a
> long time ago was squeaky clean, but in recent years has sent 100%
........
> So how do I tell the 100% spam sources that might turn out to be
> 99.98% spam sources and leak a real message or two from the 100% spam
> sources that won't?

ASRG could do as Ralph Nader did, list these ISPs' not supporting in a
"yearly" problem list, describe the problem and send it to reasonable
"neutral" global news conglomerates news desks, as well as key newspapers
around the world, pulling the ISP's pants down. Doesn't handle spammers, yes,
but involved, normal ISP's now not caring. No board nor CEO's want to lose
face publicly, it tend to hurt their bonuses in a noticeable way.

Let the news people ask the unpleasant questions, they love "killing"
corporate spokesmen, but they do not understand the issue since their
mailboxes usually is 99.8% spam free. Supply them with trustworthy data and
cases. Make it news, as Nader did.

Compile a yearly, for news people readable, "State of the Spam" and get a
Ralph Naderish spokesman. If done right, it can prove to be a real incentive
for ISP's to ID customers having spambots etc.

Can't be done?

Look at this, far from complete, but still usable map from Cert.se,
www.cert.se/megamap/ , over current infected Swedish units, a lot being
spambots. Cert.se have a number NETNOD.se national exchange points, they
measure at. Cert.se notifies the ISPs', but no idea if the ISPs is contacting
the stricken user. However, the map changes with time.

Data from the last month:

Type of source:   IPs'   id'ed log entries
------------------------------------------
ISP	          14992	 57110
Web hotels	   8066  30129
Key corporations   2619	  5346
Other corporates   1239	  5362
Municipalities	    124	   726
Universites    	     81	   431

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