Re: [Asrg] MTX, a distributed DNS whitelist requiring IP and domain ownership
Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> Wed, 17 February 2010 12:30 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Asrg] MTX, a distributed DNS whitelist requiring IP and domain ownership
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 01:38:10PM -0500, Darxus@ChaosReigns.com wrote: > I believe the more this is adopted, the more spammers will be required to > own the transmitting IP *and* a throwaway domain. And I think if we pin > them down that far, ability to focus on the throwaway domains and IPs > used with MTX will make those problems more manageable. This belief is incongruent with reality. Spammers have an unlimited supply of throwaway domains. If you're trying to attack the spam-from-zombies problem, superior approaches exist and have already proven themselves in production. ---Rsk
- Re: [Asrg] MTX, a distributed DNS whitelist requi… Rich Kulawiec
- [Asrg] MTX, a distributed DNS whitelist requiring… Darxus
- Re: [Asrg] MTX, a distributed DNS whitelist requi… Franck Martin
- Re: [Asrg] MTX, a distributed DNS whitelist requi… SM
- Re: [Asrg] MTX, a distributed DNS whitelist requi… Alessandro Vesely