At 17:38 30/12/2003, Perry wrote:
In my opinion, the various hashcash-to-stop-spam style schemes are not
very useful, because spammers now routinely use automation to break
into vast numbers of home computers and use them to send their
spam. They're not paying for CPU time or other resources, so
hi
Amir Herzberg wrote:
E-mail (at least from new
correspondents) must be signed by an `anti-spam mail certification
authority (ASMCA)` - often the ISP of the sender. Recipient's mail
client (or server) will reject mail (from new correspondents) not
certified by a trustworthy ASMCA.
ok, but
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Amir Herzberg wrote:
IMHO, your conclusion is wrong: cryptographic authentication could be a
critical tool to stop spam; someone in our community should do this (write
the software) already... How? E-mail (at least from new correspondents)
must be signed by an `anti-spam
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
In my opinion, the various hashcash-to-stop-spam style schemes are not
very useful, because spammers now routinely use automation to break
into vast numbers of home computers and use them to send their
spam. They're not paying for CPU time or other resources, so they
won't
At 11:12 AM + 12/31/03, Ben Laurie wrote:
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
In my opinion, the various hashcash-to-stop-spam style schemes are not
very useful, because spammers now routinely use automation to break
into vast numbers of home computers and use them to send their
spam. They're not paying
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
Legitimate stamp generation would have to be distinguished, perhaps
by code signing or some Touring test. A sufficiently clever virus
writer with root access might be able commandeer the legitimate stamp
generator. If this happens, periodic
In my opinion, the various hashcash-to-stop-spam style schemes are not
very useful, because spammers now routinely use automation to break
into vast numbers of home computers and use them to send their
spam. They're not paying for CPU time or other resources, so they
won't care if it takes more
