Re: Regarding these Olivia messages. Can we do something about the list security?
Re: Regarding these Olivia messages. Can we do something about the list security?
- Subject: Re: Regarding these Olivia messages. Can we do something about the list security?
- From: Michael David Crawford <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:50:04 -0700
Chris,
Your old homey Mike suggests that cocoa-dev could use a little TLC.
Mike
On Thursday, July 30, 2015, Michael David Crawford <email@hidden>
wrote:
> Internet Crime Complaint Center
>
> http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx
>
> The CERT Division
>
> http://www.cert.org/
>
> Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems
>
> http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/
>
> I once used one-time emails to great effect. Unfortunately my hosting
> service configured my mail to accept any username, commonly but incorrectly
> known as a "postmaster" account. I once received 400 MB of spam per day!
>
> I strongly recommend one-time emails but dont make them obvious. Use
> common given names, but not your own name. Onfigure your mail server to
> accept each one you actually use. When the spam gets you down, unsubscribe
> from the list, configure a new one-time email, resubscribe. Keep the
> now-unused mail user for a while but mark everything as spam. When you
> grow weary of doing so delete the username.
>
> Gmail does work but it is impolite to draw so heavily on a free as in beer
> resource. If you like Gmail, Google offers a paid service that will
> mailhost your own domain.
>
> Javascript email obfuscation is effective because the bots dont even try
> to crack it:
>
> http://www.warplife.com/moat/alligators.js
>
> For extra credit, design your own custom software.
>
> If you desire only the very best:
>
> Set up an apparently legitimate site with some innocuous content that
> appears to belong to a real business. Provide a sitemap:
>
> http://www.sitemaps.org/
>
> Put your sitemap's URL in your robots.txt:
>
> http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
>
> supply a permissive one:
>
> Disallow:
>
> Sitemap: http://www.example.com/urllist.txt.gz
>
> ... or...
>
> Sitemap-index: http://www.example.com/sitemap-index.xml.gz
>
> ... the sitemap index points to urllist.txt.gz but contains a timestamp
> that reduces everyone's load.
>
> Plaster that site with lots of apparently-legitimate email addies.
>
> Submit your homepage URL:
>
> Painless Search Engine Site Submission
> http://www.warplife.com/tips/webmaster/site-submission.html
>
> ... wait until the spam gets REALLY out of control then install a
> Teergrube:
>
> http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/teergrube.html
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_(networking)
>
> Onw simple way is that when a spammer tries to deliver mail to your smtp
> server you start to cooperate but then pause until just before the timeout,
> then issue a continuation character:
>
> -
>
> .. then pause again.
>
> But do _eventually_ accept the mail, that way the spammer wont receive a
> bounce.
>
> A few hours after each spam arrives, use cURL or wget to fetch each of its
> images. That's how spammers know that you like to read spam. Also "click"
> some of their links.
>
> The Coup d' Gras is to drop this domain's emails into a bunch of
> "newsletter" subscription forms.
>
> I'll Send You My Bill In The Mail.
>
> Mike
> email@hidden
> <javascript:_e({},'cvml','email@hidden');>
>
>
>
> --
> Michael David Crawford, Consulting Software Engineer
> email@hidden
> <javascript:_e({},'cvml','email@hidden');>
> http://www.warplife.com/mdc/
>
> Every Deity Hath the Insight to Foretell the Future
> Yet G-d Almighty Himself Possesseth Not the Power to Undo the Past.
>
>
--
Michael David Crawford, Consulting Software Engineer
email@hidden
http://www.warplife.com/mdc/
Every Deity Hath the Insight to Foretell the Future
Yet G-d Almighty Himself Possesseth Not the Power to Undo the Past.
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