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Re: [Asrg] Countering Botnets to Reduce Spam

Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> Sat, 15 December 2012 16:39 UTC

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On December 14, 2012 at 10:08 clewis+ietf@mustelids.ca (Chris Lewis) wrote:
 > 
 > Compromised Linux machines (mostly servers) are now responsible for ~40%
 > of all spam.

Any information on how they are being compromised?


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