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In message <[email protected]>, Peter Corlett writes: > >Rich Kulawiec <[email protected]> wrote: >> Already noted as unbelievably stupid and dissected on Spam-L, > >I'm inclined to agree... > >> but: getting into a bandwidth contest with spammers is a guaranteed >> loss, as they have an [essentially] infinite amount available to >> them for free. Apparently Lycos is unaware of zombies (including >> those hosting web sites), HTTP redirectors, rapidly-updating DNS, >> throwaway domains, and other facts of life in the spam sewer. > >... but this screensaver means that Lycos *also* have a botnet >available to them. Yah -- imagine what happens if Lycos' control machine gets hacked... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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