Spam is a part of our lives<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 8, 2007 1:34 PM, lsi <<a href="mailto:stuart@cyberdelix.net">stuart@cyberdelix.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">> > 4. Analysis of spam for the benefit of the group.<br>><br></div>> You have made a logical leap that I do not follow. How does it<br>> benefit the group?<br><br>Some people have issues reading the signs, particularly the Received:
<br>lines. I only did this after you requested additional analysis,<br>however.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> > 6. Scooping <a href="http://wired.com" target="_blank">wired.com</a> by a whole 3 days.<br>><br></div>
> Again, big difference between sending an uncorroborated email with no<br>> analysis and no investigation, and Wired's story. At least Wired<br>> tired to investigate.<br><br>In a distributed incident of this nature, someone has to be the first
<br>to post a "strange traffic on port x" message. In this case, the<br>research cited by Wired served to independently corroborate the<br>initial observation. Obviously, if I hadn't posted my message, they
<br>would have nothing to corroborate with.<br><br>> Crimes happen all the time.<br><br>You're right, so screw it. Let's elect a spammer as Prez, why not, I<br>suppose it's better than the current twit.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> > I have no intention of doing any further research. That is a job for<br>> > the police and the appropriate federal electoral authorities.<br>><br></div>> So, I again ask, why mail full-disclosure if it's a job for the
<br>> police? What job did you think that full-disclosure would perform?<br><br>FD is monitored by every major LEA in the world. Posting here is a<br>good way to notify all of them at once.<br><br>Please drop this now. Posting the fulltext of an incident is a
<br>legitimate use of this list. The fact that it was spam is<br>irrelevant. The usefulness of the post was underscored by Wired.<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Stu<br><br>---<br>Stuart Udall<br>stuart <a href="mailto:at@cyberdelix.dot">
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