Comments on: The Coming Spam Pandemic http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/ because technology is just another ecosystem Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:28:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Erik Dasque http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4459 Erik Dasque Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:42:29 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4459 I absolutely concur with your post. While I don't suffer much from comment spam (Akismet does a got job of getting rid of them on my low volume site), email spam is just rampant. It is actually something that frightens me when I think of the future, a real pandemic that we have little hope to eradicate. I absolutely concur with your post. While I don’t suffer much from comment spam (Akismet does a got job of getting rid of them on my low volume site), email spam is just rampant. It is actually something that frightens me when I think of the future, a real pandemic that we have little hope to eradicate.

]]> By: Andy Fundinger http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4457 Andy Fundinger Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:45:28 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4457 I had to take down my wiki-based personal site because the spammers got onto it and wouldn't let go. My hosting provider started sending me notes about processor usage and it just wasn't worth the work to keep it up. I wonder how much of the net we're loosing to spam. I had to take down my wiki-based personal site because the spammers got onto it and wouldn’t let go. My hosting provider started sending me notes about processor usage and it just wasn’t worth the work to keep it up. I wonder how much of the net we’re loosing to spam.

]]> By: James Governor http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4455 James Governor Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:50:20 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4455 the coming Spamdemic the coming Spamdemic

]]> By: Alex http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4450 Alex Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:19:49 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4450 Correct - once the request gets to Apache (or your web server of choice), you've already lost. Correct - once the request gets to Apache (or your web server of choice), you’ve already lost.

]]> By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4440 sogrady Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:36:25 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4440 Danno: it is comments, but unfortunately in the volumes we're talking about CAPTCHA won't solve the problem. the issue, both w/ Alex and w/ us (can't speak for David), is that we're receiving so many requests that Apache freaks out. it's not the mechanics of how it handles the requests. Alex actually has a spam prevention strategy in place similar to CAPTCHA that captures the request pre-processing, and he's still getting buried. Danno: it is comments, but unfortunately in the volumes we’re talking about CAPTCHA won’t solve the problem. the issue, both w/ Alex and w/ us (can’t speak for David), is that we’re receiving so many requests that Apache freaks out. it’s not the mechanics of how it handles the requests.

Alex actually has a spam prevention strategy in place similar to CAPTCHA that captures the request pre-processing, and he’s still getting buried.

]]> By: Danno http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4439 Danno Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:49:03 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/12/19/the-coming-spam-pandemic/#comment-4439 Sog, is this to your email server or your comments? Because if it's your comments, it seems like simple CAPTCHA tests like "add together these two values" work pretty well for stopping most spams. As for ways to solve Spam... I recommend making it a capital offense punishable by the death of you and everyone directly related to you. It basically costs more than terrorism. Sog, is this to your email server or your comments?

Because if it’s your comments, it seems like simple CAPTCHA tests like “add together these two values” work pretty well for stopping most spams.

As for ways to solve Spam… I recommend making it a capital offense punishable by the death of you and everyone directly related to you.

It basically costs more than terrorism.

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