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Spam-filters bounce email about
spam-filters
Spam-filters bounce email about
spam-filters
01/19/2004 01:55 PMSpam-filters are trained to catch anything that looks like spam,
including discussions of spam and spam-filters.
"Patterns of e-mail use are definitely being impacted both by spam and
by antispam filters," said Craig Hughes, chief architect at McAfee
Security and co-developer of the open-source SpamAssassin spam-filter
project.
"I myself run into the problem all the time, mainly because what I'm
corresponding about frequently involves discussions of spam or
particular spam strategies..."
"I've lost count of the number of e-mails that get bounced back thanks
to spam filters getting triggered by completely innocent words and
phrases," said Suresh Ramasubramanian, head of security and antispam
operations for managed mail-services firm Outblaze.
LinkHow .Mac filters spam
How .Mac filters spam
05/14/2004 01:37 PMA
recent
knowledge base entry describes in fairly good detail how spam is
filtered from .Mac accounts. According to Apple uses software from
Brightmail along with list-based
filtering. Apparently Apple also does something on their own:
.Mac also monitors all incoming message activity for
trends. This information can reveal a previously unknown source of
spam when they begin to send mail to members of the .Mac
community.
It's an interesting look behind .Mac. For our .Mac using readers: how
good is the spam blocking?
GNU Talk Filters 2.3
GNU Talk Filters 2.3
12/07/2003 10:53 PMA collection of humorous text translators.
GNU Talk Filters 2.3.2
GNU Talk Filters 2.3.2
06/27/2004 06:24 AMA collection of humorous text translators.
Pipes and filters
Pipes and filters
06/17/2005 06:45 PMI still remember the day, many years ago, when a wise old programmer
looked over my shoulder and said, "Ah, Grasshopper, you need a pipe!"
and so set me on the path to true enlightenment.
Working with Filters
Working with Filters
06/18/2004 04:11 PMSee how you can use filters to help users easily retrieve the Breeze
content they need.
Networks-n-Filters
Networks-n-Filters
08/20/2004 11:55 PMNew Release: Networks-n-Filters-1.1.0
Who Needs Art When You Have Photoshop
Filters?
Who Needs Art When You Have Photoshop
Filters?
08/27/2004 02:00 PMRoland Piquepaille
writes
"Computer scientists from the University of Bath have written a
software which transforms your ordinary photographs and movies into cubist works of
art and animation reminiscent of Picasso. They trained their
software to identify important elements of a face, such as a nose, eye
or mouth, until the computer learned how to recognize them on its own.
This was achieved by giving the software a kind of 'aesthetic sense.'
Then, by "using photographs of a subject taken from multiple points of
view, the software automatically picks out important areas within the
image, which are cut out as chunks. The chunks are statistically
shuffled and a few of them randomly selected and distorted into a
'cubist' composition ready for digital painting." The software is not
yet publicly available, but software and animation companies have
expressed interest. My blog
contains additional references and images."
Bloom Filters
Bloom Filters
04/28/2004 12:14 AM
Recent posts about LOAF, which
uses Bloom filter, created a small surge of discussion about bloom
filters, most notable
being the Using
Bloom Filters article at Perl.com by Maciej
Ceglowski whom I like to remember as the fish guy (visit his
blog to see why).
I went fishing for some bloom filter code but couldn't find a
general library in either
Java or C++. There was one for Perl but... Anyhow,
it's probably
because there isn't much code needed. Most
of the Bloom filter works
is finetuning the parameters and choosing the right hashing
function so it doesn't
really matter.
Beside Maciej's article, I found these pages useful:
BF is pretty simple stuff but useful in many areas. I am
thinking of using it
to detect 'access devices' (user name, password, SSN, credit card
numbers, etc.) being
submitted translucently (translucent as in Translucent
Database) so I can throw up a dialog warning to the user.
GNU Talk Filters 2.2
GNU Talk Filters 2.2
12/03/2003 02:40 PMA collection of humorous text translators.
Dueling Filters
Dueling Filters
09/23/2004 08:29 AMHere's a message I received this morning: This notification has been
sent to inform you that a message has been quarantined by InterScan
MSS for SMTP. Subject: Blog draft Rule: Incoming Policy Filter:
CONTENT FILTER Problem:Filter Type: Advanced Content Filter Event: at
MAILBODY: CONTENT , "shit" violated Action on Attachment: NOT MODIFY
Action: Quarantine So, this message quotes the word that triggered the
quarantine. Apparently, then, there are uses of this word that are
acceptable... ...unless, of course, my own spam filter were set to
protect my virgin ears from such filth, in which case it would have
sent it's...
Using Bloom Filters
Using Bloom Filters
04/09/2004 04:00 PMPerl hashes make set membership easy at the cost of memory usage. A
lesser-known technique, Bloom filters, trades a tunable false-positive
rate for compactness -- and has interesting applications for privacy
concerns. Maciej Ceglowski explains the theory and practice of Bloom
filters.
Porn Filters For Adults
Porn Filters For Adults
04/16/2004 03:29 AMThe official target market for internet porn filters tends to be
parents who want to make sure their children don't run across porn
sites on the web (purposely or by accident). However, according to
this Salon article, an increasing number of sales are going to
adults who want to keep their spouses from accessing porn. There
certainly have been plenty of stories about online porn or "online
infidelity" leading to the breakup of marriages, but I do wonder
whether or not placing a filter on the computer is just a way of
whitewashing over a deeper issue. Obviously, if porn is getting in
the way of a relationship, then there are bigger issues than just
access to porn.
Spam Filters & .NET 2003 COM Add-Ins
Spam Filters & .NET 2003 COM Add-Ins
05/19/2004 05:39 PMDDJ May 19 2004 9:02PM GMT
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters
01/17/2004 10:42 PMCAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Leading researchers into spam e-mail, along with
some of its victims, gathered on the campus of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) Friday for the second annual MIT Spam
Conference.
Internet Filters Are: [Good] [Bad]
[Both]
Internet Filters Are: [Good] [Bad]
[Both]
07/03/2004 03:23 PMFor all the fuss, filters alone may never prove to be the solution to
keeping smut away from young Internet users.
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond
filters.
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond
filters.
01/17/2004 10:45 PMInfoWorld:
MIT
Spam Conference looks beyond filters. The
webcast archives
from the conference are available.
Internet Filters? Sometimes Good,
Sometimes Bad
Internet Filters? Sometimes Good,
Sometimes Bad
07/06/2004 03:14 AMThe NY Times is making fun of both the ACLU and the government for
what appears to be
contradictory
positions on internet filters. They point to two big cases in the
past two years, where each side appears to take an opposing viewpoint.
In the recent
ruling
on porn blocking, the ACLU argued that filters were fine and we
don't need a law to stop online porn. The government argued the
opposite viewpoint, saying filters were not effective by themselves.
However, last year, the ACLU argued that
filters
were a terrible way to stop porn in the case over whether or not
libraries could be required to put internet filters in place in order
to receive federal funds. However, when you look at the details, the
positions aren't as contradictory as the NY Times would like you to
believe. The ACLU believes that no one should be
forced by the
government into using filters. However, if someone (or some
organization) decides to use them on their own, that's perfectly
reasonable. The government's position is just as internally
consistent as well -- looking for any way to stop children from
accessing porn. The difference is that the two sides disagree on how
effective the means are, and whether or not they block out certain
other constitutional rights.
How to skirt filters when spamming
How to skirt filters when spamming
06/06/2005 12:06 AMGetting Past The Sandbox and Filters
Getting Past The Sandbox and Filters
12/19/2004 03:08 PM"...There are two algorithms in operation in Google. The money term
one and the information / research only one. Sandboxing only applies
to the money term algo."
DirectShow filters for MythTV
DirectShow filters for MythTV
11/03/2003 01:26 PMMythTVFilters v0.4 released
Pub/sub, tags, and human filters
Pub/sub, tags, and human filters
08/13/2004 05:44 AM
In 2002, InfoWorld gave a Technology of the Year award to
"publish/subscribe" technology. In the
wri
teup (registration required) I mentioned Kenamea, KnowNow, and the
Flash Communications Server. The
del.icio.us bookmarking system has some
of the pub/sub flavor of those systems, as well as some of the
blogging flavor.
...Filters Quick Review
Filters Quick Review
07/24/2002 12:48 AMStickysauce Jul 23 2002 11:51PM ET
Google's ban on drug ads filters thru
Google's ban on drug ads filters thru
12/02/2003 09:56 AMSearch Engine Lowdown Dec 2 2003 9:12AM ET
China's Filters Strong, Subtle
China's Filters Strong, Subtle
04/15/2005 04:58 AMEager to encourage economic growth by providing net access to its
citizens, the country is developing powerful, broad tools to block
touchy topics without alerting users that anything has been censored.
Netcraft toolbar filters Google
Netcraft toolbar filters Google
12/30/2004 04:55 PMp2pnet.net Dec 30 2004 7:11PM GMT
U.S. ruling boosts Internet filters
U.S. ruling boosts Internet filters
06/30/2004 12:56 PMglobetechnology.com Jun 30 2004 5:38PM GMT
Oriental Spam Fools Filters
Oriental Spam Fools Filters
09/21/2004 05:05 AMTechTree Sep 21 2004 9:51AM GMT
Firms won't pay extra for spam filters
Firms won't pay extra for spam filters
06/09/2004 05:59 AMvnunet.com Jun 9 2004 9:47AM GMT
Anti-Spam Filters, ISPs, and the Law
Anti-Spam Filters, ISPs, and the Law
06/10/2004 02:47 AMWhy should we let ISPs dictate the source and content of the e-mail
they allow us to receive? That's the question posed by ImagineNation
in a recent white paper on mail filters and the consequences of ISPs
using mail filters and other schemes to block spam mail. The white
paper is a free report from the company available at
http://eMstamp.org/Documents/ [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004]
Libraries to install Internet filters
Libraries to install Internet filters
06/14/2004 05:25 AMHome.hamptonroads.com - Mon Jun 14, 07:57 am GMT
US court favours Internet filters
US court favours Internet filters
06/29/2004 11:56 PMNDTV Jun 30 2004 4:34AM GMT
Testing Gmail's Spam filters
Testing Gmail's Spam filters
06/14/2004 11:32 AMEver wonder how long it takes to fill 1GB of mail space with spam?
Aaron Pratt ( prattboy@gmail.com ) is trying to find out. He has asked
people to give his email out to as many newsletters, spammers, any
kind of annoying mail that he can recieve. You can see some of his
results here (mirror)
More…
Porn filters ineffective against
Tribbles
Porn filters ineffective against
Tribbles
07/23/2004 06:36 AMLetters Pulitzer prize winning stuff from
El
RegTwisted Fiber Filters Light
Twisted Fiber Filters Light
08/11/2004 09:25 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Twisted Fiber
Filters Light'
Free registration is required to read the Science abstract.
“Researchers from the City University of New York, Queens and
Chiral Photonics have devised a way to control light inside optical
fiber communications lines. The method involves putting periodic
twists in fiber to select the polarization of light that is
transmitted through the fiber. The electric field of an unpolarized
light pulse or beam is oriented on a plane perpendicular to the pulse
or beam. When…
Internet filters spark debate
Internet filters spark debate
07/28/2004 05:48 AMDailyherald.com - Wed Jul 28, 09:30 am GMT
Can't Avoid Anti-Spam Filters
Can't Avoid Anti-Spam Filters
04/28/2004 11:40 AMWhile there are still many problems with spam filtering technology,
most corporate IT staff say that they
c
ouldn't manage without anti-spam technology. The problem is that
there are so many different spam filtering technologies out there, and
it's difficult to know which ones work well. While some say that
eventual consolidation in the industry should sort out the mess, most
companies don't have time to wait around for that to happen.
PithHelmet Filters Content In Safari
PithHelmet Filters Content In Safari
03/13/2003 10:17 AMPithHelme
t is a Input Manager that filters content in Safari.
From
the developer's site:
The PithHelmet adds
some some basic but powerful content filtering to Apple's Safari
browser. The basic purpose is to filter advertisements, but there are
other potential uses as well (blocking Flash, Shockwave or horrible
midi loops).
It works with Safari beta v64 also.
Option-Shift K Apple Hacker
Swag!
E-texts used against Bayesian
spam-filters
E-texts used against Bayesian
spam-filters
12/02/2003 07:37 AMBayesian anti-spam filters count word-frequency in suspect and compare
the results to profiles of word-frequency in spam and ham. Defeating
this requires that your spam include a lot of natural human prose. So
spammers have started to mine the Gutenberg Project and other sources
of human-generated ASCII and dumping random hunks of literature into
their messages to get around the filters.
Blogger and journalist Clive Thompson found an excerpt from Chapter 20
of The Master Key by Wizard of Oz author L Frank Baum in a message
that had as its subject line "the big unit" (no prizes for guessing
what the rest of it was hawking).
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