Technical spam books, my quest for knowledge.
"naughty jinx" <[email protected]>
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I hope this is the right list to post this to, I have been reading up on spam books, some of them seem to be intresting, while others kinda lacking. I thought i would share my findings with the list, since good technical information on spam is kinda hard to find in one place. I was after a book with detailed technical information used by spammers, not trival stuff like open proxy servers and formmail, because we all know how those work. I wanted to know more about the filter evasion side of things, how messages are constructed and what work goes into it. I started off with Spam Kings, it was cheap and had some decent reviews, but the content was more 'general' about spammers.. not really technical at all, learning factor of 0 for me. I then moved onto "Spam Inside The Spam Cartel", by syngress (http://www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=3130). Although the book reads a little rough and costed a bit more, the content was perfect for what i needed, so i must share this book with the list. Its seriously a good read and goes well into the details of spam filters and filter evasion. Also covers techniques such as AS hijacking, handy since there is not much published information on this. Its not written from the point of 'stopping spam', but more written by a spammer talking about how to defeat spam filters. So you really get to see spam from the 'other side of the fence'. Really intresting since the book goes into language aspects of spam and composing messages that are close to unfilterable. I read the book cover to cover and not only was happy with it, but even learned a fair bit :) Anyone else suggest any good spam books? _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/