Re: Addresses for latest spam

2004-06-08 Thread chuck goolsbee
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:24:49 PDT, Gregory Hicks said: Isn't this called a "dictionary" attack? Well... if you want to get technical, it's a subclass of dictionary attack - the only question being how the dictionary is created. The specific term you are looking for, I believe is "Directory Harvest

Re: Addresses for latest spam

2004-06-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:24:49 PDT, Gregory Hicks said: > Isn't this called a "dictionary" attack? Well... if you want to get technical, it's a subclass of dictionary attack - the only question being how the dictionary is created. In this case, it's a mix-and-match scheme of data. Other "dictionar

Re: Addresses for latest spam

2004-06-08 Thread Gregory Hicks
Isn't this called a "dictionary" attack? > To: Adi Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Addresses for latest spam > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:44:50 -0400 > > On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 09:06:35

Re: Addresses for latest spam

2004-06-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 09:06:35 CDT, Adi Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Does anyone know how the latest email worms assemble the email addresses > they use? I am getting a large amount of junk destined for non-existant > (never existant) email accounts. So the address cannot be taken from th

Addresses for latest spam

2004-06-08 Thread Adi Linden
Does anyone know how the latest email worms assemble the email addresses they use? I am getting a large amount of junk destined for non-existant (never existant) email accounts. So the address cannot be taken from the various address books on the compromised PC's. Adi