Jeff Shultz wrote:
So instead of trying to determine what percentage of internet traffic is junk, why don't we set up categories (I saw someone make a start at it a couple of messages back) and figure out what percentage of traffic fits under each category. We can come up with our own opinions as to which of those categories is junk.
So I guess we would start with stuff that stands as a major category: e-mail, nntp, ftp, telnet, ssh, web... and then you start doing a lot of subcategorizations. I imagine it would start looking like a hierarchical org chart.
I imagine there are places that already produce statistics by protocol, and I am reluctant to endorse a program that says one protocol is junk and another is not. I would prefer (but have no clue as to how to do) a catagorization that has handles like "business transactions", "student research", "warehouse transfers", "recreational", and so on until what ever is left is counted as "junk" or some ephemistically similar term. -- Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur actio http://members.cox.net/larrysheldon/