29 Nov
2004
29 Nov
'04
11:25 a.m.
In message <cofh1v$f48$1@dopiaza.cabal.org.uk>, Peter Corlett writes:
Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> wrote:
Already noted as unbelievably stupid and dissected on Spam-L,
I'm inclined to agree...
but: getting into a bandwidth contest with spammers is a guaranteed loss, as they have an [essentially] infinite amount available to them for free. Apparently Lycos is unaware of zombies (including those hosting web sites), HTTP redirectors, rapidly-updating DNS, throwaway domains, and other facts of life in the spam sewer.
... but this screensaver means that Lycos *also* have a botnet available to them.
Yah -- imagine what happens if Lycos' control machine gets hacked... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb