More info: "Web attacks end anti-spam effort" <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4990622.stm>
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 17 May 2006 08:02:29 -0700, John Navas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ><http://www.theregister.com/2006/05/17/blue_security_folds/> > > Anti-spam firm Blue Security is to cease trading after deciding its > escalating conflict with a renegade spammer was placing the internet > as a whole in jeopardy. > > ... > > After Blue made configuration changes to point users towards its > TypePad-hosted weblog, bluesecurity.blogs.com, PharaMaster upped the > ante by launching a massive denial of service attack against TypePad > and any other organisation associated with Blue Security. The attack > forced Six Apart, which runs TypePad and Live Journal, offline > leaving the information superhighway temporarily bereft of the > outpourings of numerous bloggers. The sophisticated attack also > disrupted the net operations of five top-tier hosting providers in > the US and Canada, as well as a major DNS provider for several hours. > > ... > > "It's clear to us that [quitting] would be the only thing to prevent > a full-scale cyber-war that we just don't have the authority to > start," Reshef told washingtonpost.com. "Our users never signed up > for this kind of thing." > > Blue's decision to shut up shop is understandable but regrettable, > because it represents a significant victory by a spammer in the fight > to control the internet. In effect, PharmaMaster has succeeded in his > main aim of getting Blue Security to dismantle. > > [MORE] _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
