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In message <[email protected][192.168.1.101]>, John Curran writes: >>At 8:36 PM -0400 4/13/04, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: >> >>Now assume that someone in some strange and wondrous part of the world >>has a similar need. Are they authorized? According to whom? > >Steve, you're authorized if you say you are and agree to accept responsibility >. >Most corporations would readily provide the addresses of their mail servers; >anyone on DSL or cable connection could do the same. But by changing the >default behavior to block port 25 until requested, you could readily address t >he >spam problem. It would take some work on the part of operator community >(hence the subject), and doesn't fit in the world wide commune perspective >of networking, but it would make the Internet far more useful for everyone. > The spammers are already creating throw-away domains; they'd do the same with mail sender authorizations. "I am Spam, Spam I am" -- and send their turds and run. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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