cwillis Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 The Jackpot software looks great...if only I were able to run it. As is, I am located behind a firewall at a major university which I suppose will get in the way of the honeypot. Question for anyone: do I need to get cable internet in order to get in on the Jackpot action? (Yep, I'm a total n00b). I have been using spam Vampire for quite a while now, mainly against the spamvertised domains run by Global Entertainment Solutions (ad-eliminator and U.S. visa lottery scams) and some of those mortgage spammers flaunting the big juicy jpegs. Thanks to anyone who can supply a basic answer to what type of connectivity is needed to make a honeypot work productively. -Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsCap Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 The Jackpot software looks great...if only I were able to run it. As is, I am located behind a firewall at a major university which I suppose will get in the way of the honeypot. Question for anyone: do I need to get cable internet in order to get in on the Jackpot action? (Yep, I'm a total n00b). I think you might be able to get a DynDNS account to set up JackPot, if you're on a dynamic IP address, but I'm not sure. You'd have to just give it a try and see if it works. As for whether your IP address will get added to the open proxy / open relay lists... that's the idea. That's the fastest way to attract the spammers. Since most people don't (aren't allowed to) do direct-to-MX mailing from their own computer, it won't matter if your IP address is on those lists, since the mail server of your ISP should still be clean, allowing you to send mail without problems. That's how I attracted the spammers to my JackPot... it sat idle for quite a while, so I submitted it to the open relay testing websites to get it listed. After that, the spammers showed up in droves. I've had them try to relay as many as 1,100,000 spams in a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 HillsCap, thanks for responding. I wasn't sure if you'd even been here in quite a while, thus the note. Appreciate the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest art101 Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Very interesting and useful reading here. Another bit of good news... I just talked with an FTC representative, and we're looking into setting it up so the FTC can check the JackPot logs and use them as evidence against spammers. 8617[/snapback] I'm wondering if anything came of this. It seems like a great way to add resources to their arsenal - from knowledgeable users who can help - without taxing resources the FTC probably can’t spare. The reason I’m asking is that I have a buddy at the CA Dept. of Justice who might be interested in this topic - and in picking a few brains here. They’ve been helping investigate an attack that shut me down a while back - and they’ve been a little gloomy since that lame federal “Can spam” thing pretty much trumped California’s much tougher SB 186. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showker Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 So, I had to find another method of fighting spammers. I decided to set up the JackPot SMTP teergrube / honeypot, from http://jackpot.uk.net/ Site is down. Now merely says "Bad Gateway" So, someone must not have been happy with the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Site is down. Now merely says "Bad Gateway" So, someone must not have been happy with the project. You're posting into a two-year old Topic ..... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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