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Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

  • From: Dr. Jeffrey Race
  • Date: Thu Jun 24 21:26:22 2004 
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:33:35 +0000 (GMT), Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
>This is true. The 'security' or 'safety' of the backbone is not affected
>by:
>1) portscaning by morons for openshares
>2) spam mail sending
>3) spam mail recieving
>
>(atleast not to my view, though I'm no lawyer, just a chemical engineer)
>
>So, the issue of termination for this reason isn't really valid. Hence the
>off-topic-ness of this thread.

Compromise to connectivity due to harboring spammers is a security
and safety issue by any reasonable definition.    Being a vector for trojan
horse mechanisms is a security issue.