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Re: [Fwd: FC: Email a RoadRunner address, get scanned by their

  • From: Jack Bates
  • Date: Fri Mar 14 23:59:19 2003

From: <[email protected]>

>
> I suspect we've gotten to the point now that there are more open proxies
> than open relays on the net, and it seems the proxies are more heavily
> abused.
>
Perhaps it is because trojans and worms aren't setup to install open relays
but to install open proxies. Proxies also have the advantage of hiding the
original sender. I suspect that the next thing we will see is open proxies
abused and then all traces wiped out by self protecting worms.

-Jack