Comments on: 75 Percent of All Spam Globally? On Our Backbones? Holy Cow! http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081112/75-percent-of-all-spam-globally-on-our-backbones-holy-cow/ by John Paczkowski Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank Paolino http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081112/75-percent-of-all-spam-globally-on-our-backbones-holy-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-3433 Frank Paolino Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:55:25 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=8294#comment-3433 What if those botnets go rogue? They have no controlling source? Maybe they have a "default" action if they cannot "phone home" for x days? Read more: <a href="http://blog.maysoft.org/blog.nsf/d6plinks/FPAO-7LCJSG" title="Rogue Botnets" rel="nofollow">Rogue Botnets</a> What if those botnets go rogue? They have no controlling source? Maybe they have a “default” action if they cannot “phone home” for x days?

Read more: Rogue Botnets

]]> By: Kevin McConnaughey http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081112/75-percent-of-all-spam-globally-on-our-backbones-holy-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-3425 Kevin McConnaughey Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:21:47 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=8294#comment-3425 So we want ISPs to look for certain kinds of traffic, content and patterns of net behavior and shut those down, but we also want net neutrality and privacy for net usage. On the net neutrality side I have seen assertions that ISPs should not be able to screen by content or by protocol. If that were actually law, is there a way that ISPs could also monitor and shut down this kind of spammer syndicate hosting operation? So we want ISPs to look for certain kinds of traffic, content and patterns of net behavior and shut those down, but we also want net neutrality and privacy for net usage.

On the net neutrality side I have seen assertions that ISPs should not be able to screen by content or by protocol. If that were actually law, is there a way that ISPs could also monitor and shut down this kind of spammer syndicate hosting operation?

]]> By: A 40% Drop in Spam? Too Bad It’s Temporary… | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081112/75-percent-of-all-spam-globally-on-our-backbones-holy-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-3422 A 40% Drop in Spam? Too Bad It’s Temporary… | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:35:18 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=8294#comment-3422 [...] Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory [...] [...] Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory [...]

]]> By: Dave Barnes http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081112/75-percent-of-all-spam-globally-on-our-backbones-holy-cow/comment-page-1/#comment-3419 Dave Barnes Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:55:57 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=8294#comment-3419 Yes, indeed. See http://www.spamcop.net/spamgraph.shtml?spamweek Yes, indeed. See http://www.spamcop.net/spamgraph.shtml?spamweek

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