Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 00:08:25 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SPAM target Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970502000824.00b0fe1c@mixcom.com>
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At 09:17 PM 5/1/97 -0600, Warner Losh wrote: >don't count on it. I know of at least three machines in the >cyberpromo domain that are sending BIFF packets to our subnet every >time they get a mail message. The village has been hit with hundreds >of thousands of these things over the last several months. We've >tried everything we can think of to make them stop, and still they >keep coming. > >Ideas? Can we call the DA or the FBI for a DoS attack? Consider it a denial of service attack and call the FBI, not sure what CERT could do, AFAIK they only send out advisories. FWIW, here is something that was dug up and should set precedance for a class action lawsuit and frankly I wouldn't mind seeing AGIS go down as well. <as I morph into a raving fanatic> (now why are ISP's and others on the net allowing relay) Prodigy versus Cyberpromo FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Press Information, Contact: Mike Darcy Prodigy, Inc. 914/448-8846 darcy@prodigy.com CYBER PROMOTIONS ORDERED TO CEASE USING PRODIGY TO DELIVER EMAIL ADVERTISEMENTS CYBER PROMOTIONS AGREES TO PAY PRODIGY CASH DAMAGES WHITE PLAINS, NY, December 13, 1996 . . . Prodigy Services Corporation today announced a resolution to its trademark infringement lawsuit against Cyber Promotions, Inc., resulting in a permanent injunction against Cyber Promotions. As part of the resolution, Cyber Promotions was ordered by the court to immediately cease using Prodigy's name to deliver email advertisements, commonly referred to as spam, to anyone on the Internet. Also, Cyber Promotions has paid Prodigy an undisclosed amount in damages, and will honor the request of Prodigy members to be removed from any of Cyber Promotions mailing lists. "This settlement represents a victory not just for Prodigy, but for any person accessing the Internet," said Prodigy Vice President and General Counsel Marc Jacobson. "Prodigy does not allow unwanted solicitation within its own community, so we certainly do not view favorably any company using Prodigy for the delivery of spam. Prodigy will continue to defend its brand, its image, and its name against any entity attempting to associate Prodigy's name with unsolicited email advertising." As a result of the resolution, Cyber Promotions was permanently enjoined from: * Using existing Prodigy accounts and opening new Prodigy accounts for any purpose; * Sending email from any Prodigy account or designating any Prodigy account as the address of origin for the return of email; * Representing that its email was sent from Prodigy or from a Prodigy account; * Knowingly causing or using any Internet Service Provider to return undeliverable email to Prodigy or a Prodigy account; * Failing to honor the request of any Prodigy member who asks to be removed from any and all mailing lists maintained, used or operated by Cyber Promotions. ------------------------------------------- Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator jeff@mixcom.net MIX Communications Serving the Internet since 1990
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