When I picked up this tool a while back it was free. Now the author wants $10 for it (which seems reasonable).
-Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hewitt Tech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Can this be protected? > There's a nice little tool located at: http://hixus.com that does a good job > of obfuscating an email address. It generates javascript that can be > embedded in your web page. I have found that the scam artists seem to > actually read email addresses and write them down or otherwise add them to > their target lists but otherwise I don't seem to be getting much spam off my > web site. Recently though I've been getting email addresses to admin@ and > others prefixed to my domain name... > > -Alex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:12 PM > Subject: Re: Can this be protected? > > > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, at 3:05pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Most spambots don't implement a full-blown javascript parser though. :-) > > > > Yet. > > > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, at 3:19pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > While it is not impossible by any means, it is IMHO unlikely that a bot > > > would be written to waste time trying to deconstruct such an obfuscated > > > address ... > > > > Unlikely right now. It will happen if everybody starts doing it. Which > > they will, if things continue on their present course. > > > > Obfuscation is an arms race. You obfuscate your address; the spammers > > adapt; you add more obfuscation; the spammers adapt; etc. > > > > Spam is best treated as a security problem (because it is). The asset > you > > are trying to protect is your inbox. The key to your inbox is your email > > address. You must protect the key -- your email address. The first thing > > you do, then, is to stop disclosing it. > > > > That means you don't put it on a public web site for all to see. When > it > > comes right down to it, even if you put an image with your email address > in > > it, the spammers could always just type it into their database manually. > > So don't disclose it that way. > > > > I recommend a web-form that submits information without ever disclosing > > your email address to the agent submitting the form. As far as the agent > is > > concerned, email is not involved -- it's pure HTML and HTTP. Intelligence > > on your web server (e.g., a CGI script) takes the submitted information > and > > does something with it. It could simply email you a message. Have the > > submitter enter their email address, and you can reply if you want. > > > > Going further, I can envision a system where the submitting agent enters > > their email address, the server mails them a confirmation email with a > URL, > > which they have to click on, before the system even notifies you that > > someone is requesting contact. That verifies that, at least at that > moment > > in time, the agent making contact has identified themselves. > > > > -- > > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | > > | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | > > | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss