[ale] OT: the Penny Black anti-spam proposal

[Greg]

OpenBSD has had spamd for 2 or 3 versions now.  Same principle (make the
spammer's machines work overtime) and it works right now without any need
for any more work/standards/re-doing of the internet mail system.  I think
that it has been ported to Linux, but I am not sure.  Here are some articles
on it :


from the man pages
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpa
th=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html

http://www.benzedrine.cx/relaydb.html

http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20030528095233

from insecure.org http://seclists.org/lists/honeypots/2003/Jan-Mar/0005.html


Greg


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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Philips
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 6:41 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] OT: the Penny Black anti-spam proposal
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> Microsoft is proposing a technical approach to slow down spam.
> There would be
> a processing hit on the sender side that could hinder spammers.
> But for the
> approach to work, it would have to be an open standard (otherwise
> Linux users
> could spam at will). See more at:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3324883.stm
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> I'm curious to know what others think of this approach...based on
> its merits,
> not its source.
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