__/ [ dsteel0@xxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 26 July 2006 10:25 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 26 July 2006 08:27 \__
>>
>> > Naw, they should just be not allowed to connect to the web.
>>
>> That's a tough policy to make a reality, though. But I must
>
> <snip>
>
> But hold on. Because you're shooting yourselves in the foot here guys.
> The article clearly says:
>
> *Habeas tracks 140 million IP addresses that send e-mail. "Over 99
> percent of those are evil," Habeas CEO Des Cahill said.*
>
> So of the 140 million IP addresses that send mail, all >99% of those
> boxes are Windows? In that case, Linux can't be doing as well as you
> think, huh? Have I not read in here that Linux is *overtaking* Windows
> in new server rollouts? If that's the case, there must be a fair few
> Linux servers taking part in this spamming.
>
> DSt.
No, the author is misinterpreting the statistics or does not explain the data
carefully enough (it's a stupid article, not a scientific paper). Where, for
example, would Mac users be? That would also come to suggest that each
Windows box (servers included) is controlled remotely.
Notice the following:
,----[ Quote ]
| Spam makes up almost 75 percent of all messages sent today, according
| to e-mail security service Postini. A lot of spam is sent through
| hijacked computers, popularly called zombies.
`----
Ironically enough, the huge ad on the right hand side is Microsoft.
Annoyingly enough, nowhere in this article is Microsoft blamed for zombies.
Same ol', same ol' C|Net. So what else is up?
Best wishes,
Roy
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