I'm not sure how on-topic this is/was, but considering long thread
and different opinions that were expressed before, I believe some
here may want to have additional information I recently read:
http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/phish_aacgebeeje_hc/
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On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Gadi Evron wrote:
Even so, 300,000 infected users worldwide is not a terribly large
amount when compared to previous worms like Sober or Mydoom. However,
with this worm it isn't the quantity of infected users, it is the
destructive payload which is most
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certified validation of prefix ownership (and path, as has been
pointed out) would be great. it's clearly a laudable goal and seemed
like the right way to go. but right now, no one is doing it. the
rfcs that's i've found have
Sean Donelan wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Gadi Evron wrote:
Even so, 300,000 infected users worldwide is not a terribly large
amount when compared to previous worms like Sober or Mydoom. However,
with this worm it isn't the quantity of infected users, it is the
destructive payload which is
Martin Hannigan wrote:
Another interesting point is that GoDaddy charged a $199
reconnect fee. They punished the operator for the behavoir of their
customers.
Which is, IMHO, *sometimes* appropriate and sometimes not.
I hear that the victim of the disconnection actually was a bit of a spam
