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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Tim Thorpe wrote: > If these exist then why are we still having problems? Because the spammers are creating proxies faster than any of the anti-spam people can find them. Evidence suggests, at least on the order of 10,000 new spam proxies are created and used every day by spackers (spammer/hackers). The relative insecurity of windows and ignorance of the average internet user has created an incredibly target rich environment for the spackers. > Why do we let customers who have been infected flood the networks with > traffic as they do? Should they not also be responsible for the security > of their computers? Do we not do enough to educate? Economics, and convenience outweighing security. We're big, and slow to change. They're small and mobile. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *[email protected]*| I route Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are Atlantic Net | _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________
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