> I think penalizing because of connection idling (or timeout) is > possible (V1 is doing it), but not such a good idea. There are > too many other possible (good in terms of the PB) reasons that > could result in a idle connection (local workload, firewall, ISP, > router, remote workload, too havy line traffic ....) but only one bad > reason (remote spamming software). So it could happen, that assp > will penalize good IP's in to 'extrem black' within some minutes, if > there appears any external problem or a problem with your local > components or lines over some minutes.
Yes, you're correct, Thomas, although imHo there is a way to do that w/o hitting the "false positive" wall; see, the idea is that if a given host is sending us spam AND the host is ALSO idling then it should "climb up" the penalty score faster since it will be an almost surefire spambot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Assp-test mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-test
