Tue, 11 Jan 2005

Spammers' New Tactic Upends DNS

This explains some interesting effects I've been seeing lately, especially early in the morning. I get repeated lookup errors when trying to go to certain sites, notably CNN and sometimes a Blogger blog...

If you follow the 'via' link below, you'll find Dana Blankenhorn calling this "SPAM terrorism". And he's right.

Although some ISPs and legislators are crediting the year-old CAN-SPAM Act and better technology for recent gains in the war on spam, many in the industry say the advances are forcing spammers to employ new tactics, which are destabilizing the Internet's crucial DNS.

(link) [eWeek]

via Moore's Lore

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Dana Blankenhorn wrote

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On 3/12/2005 09:34:47
Dave H wrote

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