On Thursday, May 29, 2003 5:30 PM, Barry Shein
[SMTP:bzs(_at_)world(_dot_)std(_dot_)com] wrote:
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Yeah sure and I'm the King of the Gypsies...
Maybe a better way to say that is:
Since IN THEORY there MIGHT exist a spamming program
which responds to a permanent SMTP error...
How is a virus-hijacked thrall server going to remove addresses or
even report the error back?
Barry again inserts (to me) an interesting point on 'spamming' tools e.g.
zombies and robots; introduced by surreptitious or malicious means e.g.
viruses. I think there may be evidence, however, that these 'spamming' methods
do use clandestine communications channels to other compromised (or not)
systems to 'peruse' economically unproductive distribution. I still think the
best way to a proof of this is to obtain some code for forensic analysis. If
there is some [code] available I think that would be a valuable activity to
engage. I would be willing to contribute to that effort and will make analysis
and code available if I run across any.
-e
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