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Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence

Posted by timothy on from the calls-for-punitive-measures dept.

Anonumous Coward writes "Not one, but two anti-spam services announced their closure yesterday due to DDoS attacks, massive Joe jobs, threats, and the total lack of interest shown by law enforcement. monkeys.com pulled the plug at midnight with an announcement that makes you think of a suicide note. Short time later compu.net went the very same way. So, when will we see a distributed RBL that can stand up to distributed attacks?"

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  1. Excellent idea! by DukeyToo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Thats actually an *excellent* idea. Not really SETI@Home though, more like peer 2 peer technology.

    Why not kill 2 birds with one stone - promote a valid use of p2p, which removes some of the RIAA threat, while simultaneously frustrating spammers.

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    Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use - Mark Twain
  2. Good riddance by PincheGab · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Having been unfortunate enough to be assigned an IP block from a previous spammer and having gone through the subsequent ass-kissing I had to do to a black list maintainer that absolutely refused to remove us from the the list, I say the less blacklists there are, the better.

    I'm sorry but some of these list maintainers are anal, (VERY) self-righteous, awful people who will not listen, not even when the person at the other end of the line is polite, patient, and takes a polite and amicable approach to the issue of getting removed from the blacklist (and punches a pillow after the phone calls and emails instead of being rude to the person).

    I'm sorry but with the hell I had to go through to get removed (too much unwarranted ass-kissing, too much putting up with the "I'm only a volunteer" crap) I am only glad to see these anal a-holes go.

  3. Re:Here's what cracks me up by chabotc · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here's a thought..

    Suppose that the DDoS zombies used use a internet name instead of IP addresses.. Why not change the DNS for monkeys.com & compunet to a nice NSA or FBI address range

    Then sit back and wait for this law-enforcement stuff to finaly kick in