From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 26 14:35:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F173106566B for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:35:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@starfire.mn.org) Received: from elwood.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [173.8.102.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479CC8FC15 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:35:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from elwood.starfire.mn.org (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elwood.starfire.mn.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o3QEZBuS075658; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:35:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from john@elwood.starfire.mn.org) Received: (from john@localhost) by elwood.starfire.mn.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o3QEZABH075657; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:35:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from john) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:35:10 -0500 From: John To: Eitan Adler Message-ID: <20100426143510.GA75532@elwood.starfire.mn.org> References: <4BD3E9B8.2030109@comclark.com> <20100426124453.GB74442@elwood.starfire.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: John , Aiza , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Wpoison????? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:35:15 -0000 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