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[Asrg] Re: Bots

Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Tue, 17 January 2006 22:31 UTC

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Larry Seltzer wrote:
 
> It's not a solution for the DDOS problem, but it definitely
> would make a massive dent in the spam problem (or at least
> force spammers into some other tactic; of course you'll tell
> us what that would be, right?

Guessing what spammers might do is something I'm not good at,
but I've given up on "spammers are stupid" getting apparently
better results with "they just act rationally from their POV".

A zombie can do everything it's former owner can do.  Hijack
587 sessions for spamming.  Harvest addresses.  Participate
in DDoS.  Everything distributed.net does, but for real and
illegal purposes.  Confiscate Paypal and other accounts of
its former owner.  Create Web mail accounts in the name of
its former owner and spam.  Redirect spamvertized URLs in an
attempt to evade SURBL.  Attack or spam IRC, jabber, Usenet,
IM, blogs,..  Port 25 SMTP is only one of many ways to cause
harm.  Spam sent by zombies is a symptom, not the disease.

                            Bye, Frank




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