On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > Each mailserver could keep a cryptographically verified list, the > > list is distributed via some P2P mechanism, and DoS directed at the > > 'source' of the service only interrupts updates, and only does so until > > the source slips an updated copy of the list to a few peers, and then > > the update spreads. Spam is an economic activity and they won't DoS a > > source if they know it won't help their situation. > > If anyone who attempts to distribute such a list is DoSed to oblivion, > people will stop being willing to distribute such a list. Yes, spam is an > economic activity, but spammers may engage in long-term planning. You can't > keep the list of distributors secret. I'd be very interested in techiques > that overcome this problem. I've been looking into tricking existing > widely-deployed infrastructures into acting a distributors, but this raises > both ethical and technical questions. > > DS > >
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? Mike Leber
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? Justin Shore
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? Stephen J. Wilcox
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? Justin Shore
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? Kee Hinckley
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? Justin Shore
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? David Raistrick
- Re: what to do about joe-jobs? Stephen L Johnson
- Blacklisting: obvious P2P app neal rauhauser
- RE: Blacklisting: obvious P2P app David Schwartz
- Re: Blacklisting: obvious P2P app Vadim Antonov
- Re: Blacklisting: obvious P2P app Damian Gerow
- RE: Another DNS blacklist is taken down Joel Perez
- RE: Another DNS blacklist is taken down Justin Shore
- RE: Another DNS blacklist is taken down Mike Batchelor
- Re: Another DNS blacklist is taken down Jared Mauch
- Re: Another DNS blacklist is taken down Dan Armstrong
- Re: Another DNS blacklist is taken... Jared Mauch
- Re: Another DNS blacklist is t... Mike Tancsa
- Re: Another DNS blacklist is t... Dan Armstrong
- Re: Another DNS blacklist is t... Jared Mauch