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Open relay spam is 'dying out'

  • 13-06-2003 9:08am
    #1
    McGyver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭


    ( Oh no not another thread on spam....do they ever stop? )

    According to theregister.com:

    Only one per cent of corporate UK mail servers tested by security
    testing firm NTA Monitor last year were poorly configured in a
    vulnerable way that allowed spam to be distributed by 'open relay'. In
    1997, 91 per cent of servers tested by NTA Monitor were similarly
    vulnerable.

    Open relay spam is 'dying out'
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31177.html

    Well....that proves nothing! That just proves that comparatively few of
    them are around (compared to 1997). But it is just as easy to abuse an
    open relay as:

    1) There may be more more of them as there has been a huge rise in then
    number of servers on the internet....so 1% of the current number could
    be equal to 91% of the 1997 number.

    2) They are easier to find now because modern spam distribution software
    will go and find them for you.

    3) It is easy to get a list of open relays:
    http://members.spamcop.net/w3m?action=inprogress&type=relay
    (must be a spam cop member to see this list)

    The other thing is that spammers have more opportunity's to spread their
    good news. They can now use SMTP servers on their own PC's and spam
    friendly ISP's in the Orient.


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