Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 00:09:14 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: Fernando Schapachnik <fernando@mecon.gov.ar> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do fix a good solution against spam.. Message-ID: <20040515070914.GD73800@klapaucius.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <20040514114059.GD306@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar> References: <777BCABEE522D5119E3E00508B6CA0B802E9AA95@CYBHQMSX05> <20040514114059.GD306@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2004-05-14 08:40 -0300, Fernando Schapachnik <fernando@mecon.gov.ar> wrote: > As everybody is throwing in their favorite anti-spam solutions, here's mine: > > http://www.paganini.net/ask/ > > From the home page: > > ASK takes advantage of the fact that most spammers use invalid or > fake "From:" address in their messages. When a new message arrives > and the sender is unknown, ASK sends a "confirmation message" > back, informing the sender that the original message has been > queued, pending confirmation. When the sender confirms (a simple > reply), ASK delivers the original message and adds the sender to a > "whitelist". Further messages from this sender will be immediately > delivered. (I apologize for posting this O/T message.) Here's a well-thought-out argument against systems of this type: Challenge-Response Anti-Spam Systems Considered Harmful http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Rants/challenge-response.html Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter The best way to accelerate Windows mailto:gsutter@zer0.org is at 9.8 m/s^2. http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFApcIaIBUx1YRd/t0RArzdAJ4ygartbGdrk8ID1JcVXiudFKdJ4gCfTsnz 6jfGVekoc2ODZCec1MeAfz0= =cYTE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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