RE: [Asrg] Spam, defined, and permissions

I understand that. There are far more "compromised" and operating
zombies, but the average "operating size" appears to be around 100K.

You don't need anymore than that to accomplish a DDOS or a massive
spam. The miscreants are in this for money. 


-M<



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> [mailto:asrg-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org]On Behalf Of
> Chris Lewis
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> Subject: Re: [Asrg] Spam, defined, and permissions
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> Hannigan, Martin wrote:
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> | I'm skeptical of that large number. The numbers I've seen are around
> | 100K (very large).
>
> That's ridiculously low.  Single coordinated attacks with 
> more machines
> than that have been observed.
>
> The CBL detects 100,000-200,000 compromised machines per _day_.
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