On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Larry Smith wrote:

> Interesting article for all SPAM hunters.

> interactions can be stymied by a two- or three-minute delay
> every few wrong-guesses. I'm glad to see someone implementing
> this technique to deal with the wretched people who are abusing
> the 'Net with their floods of junk.

Ah.

So that is why we getting flooded by SOBIG.* worms.

The payload is to open up thousands of spam relays.

Still, I truly wish linux login would permit one immediate retry on a
mistyped login. It would extend my life span considerably. (I'll die from
sheer frustration one of these days...)


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