Comments on: New Zombies Predicted to Increase Spam http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/new-zombies-predicted-to-increase-spam/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kelson http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/new-zombies-predicted-to-increase-spam/#comment-970 Kelson Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:38:40 +0000 /?p=347#comment-970 It's weird, I wrote a post on my own blog just last week about escalation in <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2005/01/25/blocking-spam-by-source/">source-based spam blocking</a>. With SBC and others blocking outgoing direct-to-MX connections, the logical response seemed to be to start routing through the zombie's ISP. I know the idea has been around for a while, it's just odd to see it leaping across the news sites, blogs and mailing lists I read just a week later. It’s weird, I wrote a post on my own blog just last week about escalation in source-based spam blocking. With SBC and others blocking outgoing direct-to-MX connections, the logical response seemed to be to start routing through the zombie’s ISP.

I know the idea has been around for a while, it’s just odd to see it leaping across the news sites, blogs and mailing lists I read just a week later.

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