Re: TMDA and other challenge-response systems considered harmful
On 2004-06-02, Tim Connors penned:
>
> If challenge response ever becomes ubiquitous, then spammers will
> trivially be able to verify the responses without providing their own
> email address. They will simply do what the currently do - open up
> millions of backdoors on cracked computers, go through the address
> books to look for email addresses, then send using a From: of the
> current computer. An MTA running via the backdoor will pick up an CR
> attempts, respond to them, and voila, send spam to a verified email
> address.
>
At least that method of circumvention is a serious legal offense ...
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monique
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