Aggie01 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 this /. story mentions that most spam servers are in China. It links to a white paper that seems to be just an advert for RPD, and a BusinessWeek article about it. Later on, somebody mentions an antispam activity called 'tarpitting'. What is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 from a quick Google, page pulled up at http://files.altn.com/HowTo/UseTarpittingt...geSpammers.html Tarpitting discourages spamming without permanently blocking an offending IP address. Tarpitting works by monitoring traffic and applying sluggish responses to remote IPs showing spam-like behavior. For example, if an IP sends too many messages to users during an email session, tarpitting starts slowing MDaemon’s response. If the spam-like behavior includes excessive unknown addresses during a session, the remote server can be suspended from access for a user-specified amount of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turetzsr Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 this /. story mentions that most spam servers are in China. <snip> ...From what I see of spam, I'd think that most such "servers" were in the U.S. -- (probably compromised) Comcast customers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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