From: "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker(_at_)verisign(_dot_)com>
... The spam
senders are shy
types who have shown marked reluctance to disclose their
identity ...
Once again, for the umpteenth time, that is clearly false for almost
all spam.
Not according to our measurements and the statements on your
own site.
Please point out those measurements and statements of mine that show
that spam senders are shy about their identities.
Almost all spam is some sort of advertising. In very few
cases does it makes sense to advertise via mail to strangers products
or services without providing an identity of some sort.
It does if you are an outright criminal, which according to the
FTC 70% of spams are.
Except for a few scams such as stock pump-and-dump, if the suckers
can't contact you or your fellow conspirators, then you can't defraud
or otherwise cheat anyone, and you have nothing to fear from the FTC.
(A minor detail is that the SEC not the FTC cares about pump-and-dump.)
The software being 'sold' is stolen. The Nigerian schemes
refer to telephone addresses and drop boxes.
Telephone numbers and drop-boxes can be and are routinely connected
to the people responsible.
You cannot obtain a cert to a drop box or telephone. Well not
from a CA that actually does authentication (sometimes the
authentication is on the honour system with less known CAs).
You don't need a cert for a drop box or a telephone. You need only
launch lawyers at the provider of the drop box (an ISP or post
office) or telephone company.
Simply repeating the same old FUD about a business you don't
understand does not add weight to your claim. You can say you
disagree but you have not substantiated any of your claims in
the past.
!
Vernon Schryver vjs(_at_)rhyolite(_dot_)com
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