US Military Looks For Massive Spam Solution

Several users have pointed out a recent request to technology companies from the Defense Information System Agency for ideas on how to build an e-mail defense system to catch spam. The solution would have to scan about 50 million inbound messages a day across some 700 unclassified network domains. "Defense currently scans e-mails for viruses and spam coming into systems serving the military services, commands or units. DISA wants to extend the protection to the interface between the Internet and its unclassified network, the Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network. The agency also wants the ability to scan all outbound e-mails from the 5 million users. [...] DISA's request ties in with recommendations that the Defense Science Board issued in April that said Defense is more vulnerable to cyberattacks because of its decentralized networks and systems. The board envisioned a major role for DISA in developing the architecture for enterprise-wide systems."

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Re:Only one way to be sure

[Shakrai]

Nuke spammers from orbit.

But then how will I be able to refinance my mortgage while getting that penis enlargement using the money I won in the British lottery?

I'm convinced that the only real solution to spam is to find the people who are stupid enough to buy the products offered via spam and beat the ever living shit out of them. The spammers wouldn't keep doing it if people didn't keep buying their shit.....

Uh, we scan about 50 million messages a week.

[jonpublic]

9 servers. 50 million messages a week. Those 9 servers cost maybe $3,000 each. We have 9 servers because we want some redundancy. So let say you multiply that by 7. So you get ~50 machines to handle the army's volume. $150,000. Plus all the extras, so multiply that by 6. That's about a million dollars.

Seriously? From the article they say it would cost $100 million. Do you really think that is going to cost $100 million dollars? Seriously?

WTF. I need to become a DoD contractor.

Re:Only one way to be sure

[Aranykai]

In which case the proper word would be indefinitely.
Something that lacks a definable limit is not inherently infinite.