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HelloI quite agree, blocking ports is not the best answer, as it is a self-inflicted-DDoS. Still, please tell me, how is not blocking un-used or un-necessary ports a bad thing? It is a defensive measure much like you'd add barricades before an attack. The Internet is a war zone, but I don't have to tell the NANOG community that. Thing is, blocking port 25 won't cause spam to stop, there are no FUSSP solution. Yet, we all recognize that SMTP is far from perfect. And indeed, as others here are more qualified than me, by far, to tell you, most development in anti-spam technology only helped short-term, and caused the bad guys to evolve. Well, why is blocking port 25 different? See for yourself. They now evolved, and are using user-credentials and ISP-servers. This evolution means that their capabilities are severely decreased, at least potentially. This is the best next thing after dark Irish stout and ketchup. It means ISP's will have to re-think their strategies, just like AOL did. It also means it's once small step to victory for us. We are a long way from it, and please - not everybody blocks port 25 so current-day worms are more than efficient still. It is nice to see fore thinking and long-term planning with the bad guys, where all we can do is disagree. Gadi.
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