The spammers are winning

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

> It's a DDoS attack. Distributed. From an anti-spam list...
> 
> 	This kind of "spread the targets" tactic has been tried in the
> 	past to protect IRC servers/websites and admins, but 
> fails dramatically
> 	in the face of 20-50,000 cable-connected zombies being 
> used for DDoS -
> 	they can spread the targetting around or simply bring 
> another 10,000
> 	machines into the attack.
> 
> 	Yes, they really do have botnets this large. :-(
> 
> Soon everyone except the script kiddies will hate Microsoft.

What ever happened to the concept of LaBrea?  The program that was supposed
to "catch" these little critters and hold onto them?


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

Registered Linux User #154358

Plain Text Emails Don't Spread Virii!