Re: Man gets nine years for spamming

From: Michael J. Pelletier (mjpelletier_at_mjpelletier.com)
Date: 04/16/05 

Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:19:26 -0700

Leythos wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:22:03 -0700, Michael Pelletier wrote:
>>
>> Again, the problem with "Policing" the Internet is that there is no
>> International laws that govern it. I live in the US. Now, if I were a
>> SSPAMMER knowing that the US laws are starting to take it seriously, I
>> will just move to say, Brazil. Now what are you gonna do? I start a
>> business up in Brazil, make sure to pay off the authorities and guess
>> what? What are you going to do?
>
> That's a simple one, I would do like I do now, I block foreign countries
> subnets that abuse our network connections. I would just block Brazil if
> we found a reason for it - as we don't do business there. If we started
> doing business there we would create an exception list that encompasses
> our business partners in that location.

What about Columbia, or Argentina or Eastern Europe. The problem with
blocking countries, and why I refuse to do it, is because you are blocking
legit users also. Wasn't it you who said, that using blacklists could
prevent a "good" user access? And I said white list your customers and use
blacklists also.

Sorry, but blocking countries when there are clearly better ways to handle
the problem is just foolish...

If you are going to go that route, why not just allow your customers and
block everyone else. That you be a block list that is easier to maintain.
By the way, I am being sarcastic... :-)

Disagree with that technique...Will not me implemented where I work...

Michael

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