Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:35:10 -0500 From: John <john@starfire.mn.org> To: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> Cc: John <john@starfire.mn.org>, Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wpoison????? Message-ID: <20100426143510.GA75532@elwood.starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <j2ma0777e081004260643ya31b42d7g29c45348e6c3d85c@mail.gmail.com> References: <4BD3E9B8.2030109@comclark.com> <20100426124453.GB74442@elwood.starfire.mn.org> <j2ma0777e081004260643ya31b42d7g29c45348e6c3d85c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 04:43:41PM +0300, Eitan Adler wrote: > > I'm pretty concerned about its effectiveness. ??It appears not to have > > been touched since 2001. ??If it actually accomplished its goals, I think > > it would have been tuned up a bit, and it would be much more popular. > > I've been hanging around the web quite a bit in the last nine years, and > > it concerns me that I've never run into it before. > I've heard of this program (and others like it) many times. The big > problem with its effectiveness is that the generated emails don't > actually work. Spammers generally send at least one probe message to > create a "working emails" list which can sell for a higher price. > There are better systems that have a pure honeypot which actually > accepts mail (and add the IPs that send mail to a blacklist) OK - where do we find one of THOSE? -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG
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