Spammers' Upend DNS

Saint Aardvark writes "eWeek reports on the latest trick of spammers: getting around DNS-based lookups. By registering a domain *after* the spam goes out advertising it, they can get around blacklists. However, that causes all sorts of problems for ISPs and anti-spam services. Paul Judge, CTO at Ciphertrust, says "Even in large enterprises, it's becoming very common to see a large spam load cripple the DNS infrastructure.""

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Anti-Spam Legislation Is Only Effective Solution

[bigtallmofo]

Until they pass a law that makes it completely legal to kill spammers, the spam problem will not go away.