Vincent Arnold

Commentary: Finally! An article with something positive for those us on the front lines of IT Infrastructure Protection.

For years, spam haters have relied on junk-mail filters and Internet blacklists, but some are saying it’s time for a change in tactics.

Is the fight against spam horribly misguided?

For years, spam haters have relied on junk-mail filters and Internet blacklists, but lately, some are saying it’s time for a change in tactics.

Their answer: follow the money. And that means going after the Web sites where spammers sell their pharmaceuticals and watches and male enhancement products.

Misguided or not, it’s pretty easy to argue that the fight against spam has been a losing proposition of late. At the end of last year, mail administrators noticed a big spike in the amount of spam flooding their in-boxes. Between July 1 and the end of the year, spam jumped to nearly 60 percent of all e-mail traffic monitored by Symantec Corp., and many administrators say it makes up an even greater percentage of e-mail now.

Full Article and Source: PC World

This entry was posted on Friday, August 24th, 2007 at 8:24 pm and is filed under Information Security.