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RE: [Asrg] SICS

2004-12-21 19:44:30


Anyone tried this on the cable swamp?



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-----Original Message-----
From: asrg-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org 
[mailto:asrg-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org]On Behalf Of
Barry Shein
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 8:59 PM
To: laird(_at_)lbreyer(_dot_)com
Cc: ASRG list
Subject: Re: [Asrg] SICS



I don't know since we block so much at the ingress, such as vast
swaths of broadband pools which have been a problem, etc.

It's difficult to measure what you block.

I will say that another huge part of the problem is the stuff no one
ever sees which is the bazillions of user unknowns as the spammers use
various dictionary type attacks. There's far more user unknown
attempted deliveries than other deliveries.

So, even if you knew what went (or would go) into peoples' mailboxes,
opening the floodgates (AKA accepting EFF's point of view) would also
necessitate sifting through all that spew, increasing costs
significantly.

Someone would have to pay for that also, and removing those blocks is
the only way to allow what's called "end-user control" since you don't
know it's for a non-existant user until you let them begin delivery.


On December 22, 2004 at 09:36 laird(_at_)lbreyer(_dot_)com (Laird Breyer) 
wrote:
 > On Dec 21 2004, Barry Shein wrote:
 > >
 > > At this point there are only two choices, either block 
at the ingress
 > > (e.g., blocking network blocks and similar), or begin 
charging around
 > > $1000/month for e-mail accounts to pay for the bandwidth 
and hardware
 > > necessary to keep up with the unfettered flow (essentially, a
 > > dedicated server with a dedicated T1 per mailbox.)
 > > 
 > 
 > Since you're an ISP, could you indicate roughly the numbers you are
 > talking about (per user if you like)?  How many inbound 
raw mails per
 > day? How much total mail data (megabytes) per day? How much total
 > traffic of all types per day? 
 > 
 > I don't know if the list already has discussed those kinds 
of numbers, 
 > but I'd like to get an idea of the current order of 
magnitude of the
 > problem, from the provider's POV. If others have numbers 
to share for
 > ISPs, let's hear them too.
 > 
 > -- 
 > Laird Breyer.
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