Hi Folks, Sam,
Sam Heywood wrote:
> I don't understand. If a spammer runs his own ISP server he would
> have to set up his ISP so that it is subordinate to somebody else's
> network, right?
Yep.
> Then when he gets caught spamming, the network at
> the next higher echelon could take him down, right? Isn't that the
> way the system is set up? I don't know how a bunch of rogues and
> renegades can acquire and set up their own cannon and start firing
> away at everybody in sight without disclosing their position to
> everybody out there. It ought to be very easy to get a quick fix on
> their coordinates and take them out. Why can't the spam cops do
> their job?
I am not sure that I can give the technical details, but I am sure
that some of the gurus on this list can work it out.
All that I know (or think I know) is that it is possible to set up a
server, with its unique IP number, send off your spam for a day or so,
then close it down and immediately set up another one, with a different
IP number.
Presumable this requires the cooperation of someone with a legitimate
connection to the backbone, somewhere, to go through, but there will
always be some bad eggs among any group of entrepreneurs.
Remember, these will not necessarily be in the "universally honest"
USA.
This is what I have gathered from my reading of local tech and
computer press. It also matches my experience in that spammers traced by
SpamCop did disappear in short order, but the same spam continued coming
from a different source IP.
I know there are other explanations for that, but it seems perfectly
possible to me.
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/index.html
http://tadpole.aus.as
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