[In the message entitled "Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden" on Apr 29, 17:23, "Steven J. Sobol" writes:] > On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Dave Rand wrote: > > > Dunno what a ton of ISP buy-in is, but the MAPS DUL now contains about > > 190,000,000 entries. We've been working on it very hard for the last year > > or > > two. Most ISP-level subscribers figure it stops a pretty large percentage > > of > > the compromised-home-computer spam. > > Well, that's it then: "for the last year or two" - I don't recall a lot of > entries being on the DUL in its original incarnation. (Not for lack of > trying.)
I'm sure there was more than one reason that it was not as large as it is today. Regardless, it's here, it's effective, and it is very widely used. --
