-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:00 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: "Make love, not spam"....
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.
That means they are subject to the same sanctions as a botnet. This isn't a new issue to the operator community. We have a consistent opinion of this type of actvity going as far back as Green Card Lawyers and Sanford Wallace/Cyberpromo. The risks are too high for this to be anything but a publicity stunt. I can't read any German other than "bier". Is the utility up there? I'd love to take a look at it. -M<