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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Spam with PGP
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- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Spam with PGP
- From: MaX Flebus <max@flebus.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 01:52:12 +0200
> I remember hearing this is another method for bypassing spam filters.
>Apparently some filters will pass e-mail with PGP signatures thinking it
>is legitimate. It is an interesting concept, though.
>
> I think my favorite is still the jpgin an html enabled e-mail with
>seemingly valid information and links that is actually a link to an xss or
>pr0n site. Spammers are starting to use better methodologies and soon
>filtering options will be almost impossible. I find it amusing to see what
>they will do next, though.
>
>-William
Well, this reminds us that a spam filter, although definitely a good
thing, it's not the definitive solution, just like a firewall IMHO.
You can't bet too much on a purely automatic solution.
Anyway, again like firewalls, I'm not so pessimistic: completely
filtering out what you don't want could be, OK, impossible but filtering
out almost all, is what we really need.
MaX
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