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Blacklisted Comment Spammers Attack
Legitimate Domain

Blacklisted Comment Spammers Attack
Legitimate Domain 07/07/2004 02:28 PM
UPDATED It appears that the comment spammers may be polluting new postings with legitimate domains -- including this one -- in order to cause trouble for people who are running programs to cut down on comment spam. In this case, they put weblog.siliconvalley.com and mercurynews.com URLs into spams containing their porn and casino links (or whatever it was the anti-spam program had already flagged), and the comment blacklist software picked our URLs up and offered to ban them. We missed this, and the result was that I couldn't post comments here briefly, and some of my old comments got erased in the meantime. I'm betting this is going on widely -- and that the spammers are hoping to cause such disruption with MT Blacklist, which we're using, and other such programs as to force us to stop using them. I'd rather shut the comments down entirely than see these slimeballs get away with this. For now we're watching our banned-domain list more carefully. (We just discovered that washingtonpost.com, cnn.com and abcnews.go.com, among other news sites, also made it into our master list. They'll work now.) Let me know in an e-mail if your comment is rejected from a legitimate domain, and I'll ask our tech folks to take a look. The bad guys are indifferent to the damage they cause. Sorry it may be affecting some of you.

ACLU: Anti-porn Law Blocks Legitimate
Web Sites

ACLU: Anti-porn Law Blocks Legitimate
Web Sites 01/07/2004 07:11 PM
NewsMax.com Jan 7 2004 5:53PM ET

Ddos'ed by comment spammer

Ddos'ed by comment spammer 11/10/2003 11:11 PM
Now I have experienced being taken off the net by a comment spammer. Some lame ass trying to advertise his prono-site attacked my server with...

Interview with a Comment Spammer

Interview with a Comment Spammer 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

Interview with a link spammer: The economics will always drive spam. Until people stop buying and clicking, spam will keep coming.

For that's what Sam does, pretty much all day long. [...] he says he can earn seven-figure sums doing this. Sam is a link spammer. He's unapologetic about it. Skilled in Perl, LWP and PHP, Sam's first professional programming was done aged 13, when he sold some code to a gaming company.

ProNet: Tracking Down a Comment Spammer

ProNet: Tracking Down a Comment Spammer 04/04/2005 01:13 PM
PC World's Andrew Brandt went to work tracking down a comment spammer, following a link from a single piece of comment spam blocked from their Movable Type-powered blog, and discovering a watned criminal. Like the work Ann Elisabeth is doing...

"Brad Choate introduces SpamLookup,
adding more comment protection for
Movable Type"

"Brad Choate introduces SpamLookup,
adding more comment protection for
Movable Type" 04/11/2005 03:33 AM

"adding each other's SiteMeter code to
the others' sites"

"adding each other's SiteMeter code to
the others' sites" 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

Spammer, Anti-Spammer Involved In
Lawsuit Will Hold Public Debate

Spammer, Anti-Spammer Involved In
Lawsuit Will Hold Public Debate 05/20/2004 11:41 PM
Julian Haight, the founder of anti-spam service SpamCop, and Scott Richter, the founder of spamming service OptInRealBig, are currently in the middle of a fairly nasty legal battle over whether or not SpamCop can block OptIn's spam. Still, the two have agreed to appear together in public and debate the topic. Both of their lawyers say that the debate will avoid the issue of the lawsuit, but as the article points out, that seems unlikely. The thing is, in listening to what both sides have said over the years, you already know what they're going to say in this debate - and they're talking at cross purposes. The spammers focus on their right to make money, while everyone else talks about their right to be left alone. The problem with the spammers' position is that they don't have the right to make money. They have the right to try to make money, but if it involves pissing everyone off, and everyone decides to create and use filters to make email bearable again - then that's their right too.

Spammer sues anti-spammer for $4 million

Spammer sues anti-spammer for $4 million 03/17/2005 02:53 AM
In a story of simple solutions thrown by the wayside, a company is suing an Oklahoma City man for defamation and other damages after he took his personal quest to stop their spamming to the web.

Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits

Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits 03/29/2005 05:27 PM

Blog for America: Comment on Governor
Dean to Comment Shortly

Blog for America: Comment on Governor
Dean to Comment Shortly 12/16/2003 05:30 AM
America's Palestinians .. Dean for President .. campaign blog .. "Carrie B."

blog.deanforamerica.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2682
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The Legitimate Hacker

The Legitimate Hacker 08/05/2004 09:38 PM

Legitimate Businessmen only.

Legitimate Businessmen only. 12/26/2004 01:46 AM
Worried that the new guy might tip off the feds about your "concrete company?" The internet gives you the perfect research tool.

"or any other legitimate issue."

"or any other legitimate issue." 11/18/2003 03:20 PM

""says the memos are more than likely
legitimate""

""says the memos are more than likely
legitimate"" 06/22/2005 02:21 AM

When Even Legitimate Emails Are
Overwhelming

When Even Legitimate Emails Are
Overwhelming 06/07/2004 10:25 AM
There have been plenty of stories about the so-called (and greatly exaggerated) "death of email." Almost all of these, however, are discussing the problems associated with spam. Professor Lawrence Lessig is discovering a different kind of problem. As he's become something of a net.celebrity he's started receiving so much personal email that he can no longer effectively respond to it all. He even sent out a note telling people he hasn't responded to that he's given up and will not be responding to their email - though, he's quite sorry about it. Still, as some people in the article point out, no one says he needs to respond to every email he receives. If someone is emailing him who does not know him, he shouldn't necessarily feel obligated to respond to each and every message. In some sense, this does raise the question about the definition of "spam" again. If spam is "anythi ng I don't like," is getting to much personal email spam as well?

Citizens for Legitimate Government

Citizens for Legitimate Government 09/24/2004 05:37 PM
baseless story with no merit .. Source

legitgov.org/essay_eastman_bush_fear_of_flying_in_guard_09230 4.html
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Is the mood changing towards the
legitimate use of P2P networks?

Is the mood changing towards the
legitimate use of P2P networks? 02/10/2004 02:48 AM
Analysis Smells like Teen Zeitgeist

U.S.: Iraq wedding attack was legitimate

U.S.: Iraq wedding attack was legitimate 06/30/2004 04:23 PM

Is Your MLM/Multilevel Marketing
Business Legitimate?

Is Your MLM/Multilevel Marketing
Business Legitimate? 05/11/2004 03:45 AM
WebDevInfo May 11 2004 6:51AM GMT

Spam fighting hurts legitimate business?

Spam fighting hurts legitimate business? 04/09/2004 04:10 PM

More Legitimate Uses Of File Sharing
Networks: Course Materials

More Legitimate Uses Of File Sharing
Networks: Course Materials 11/12/2003 01:33 PM
And, now, we have yet another example of how file sharing networks can be used for perfectly legitimate reasons. The famous Berklee College of Music is now offering 80 different lessons as audio or video files on file sharing networks. They're encouraging anyone to download them, under a Creative Commons license. They point out that this was the most efficient way to get that information out there. While some people still insist that offering stuff for free undermines the content owners' ability to make money, Berklee realizes that this actually enhances their reputation while getting more information out there - both of which are strong positives. The article includes a quote from the RIAA which misses the point, saying that they don't mind if people share their own content on file sharing networks. That may be true, but that's not the message they're bringing to politicians or the courts, where they're actively trying to shut down file sharing networks and insisting that their cannot be substantial non-infringing uses of such networks.

Spammers using SMTP authentication
before most legitimate programs are!

Spammers using SMTP authentication
before most legitimate programs are! 09/01/2004 04:25 AM

I am not at all surprised that Spammers are using SMTP authentication before most of the legitimate mail movers are even out of the starting blocks. Only a few firms like Santronics Inc. which has one of the industries best anti spam mail servers is up to the task of being able to determine if the spammer that is running authentication is a legitimate service or not.

I am one of the very few people in the entire world that does not have to live with Spam thanks to Santronics.

There are a small handful of companies that understand spam and understand how to stop it, but the political infighting within the standards community has delayed what is essentially a final solution it irritates me to no end. It's a political quagmire that I hope gets sorted out soon. [Techdirt]

People Know The Difference Between Spam
And A Legitimate Newsletter

People Know The Difference Between Spam
And A Legitimate Newsletter 02/17/2004 02:30 PM
Despite the claims from some who say that email is dead for newsletters, most people have adjusted and are smart enough to recognize the difference between an email newsletter they signed up for and spam. The real issue is that newsletter recipients are a demanding bunch (as they should be!), and have a very "what have you done for me lately?" attitude. Thus, if a newsletter isn't serving their needs, they stop reading it. For many people, simply designating a newsletter as spam and letting the filter handle the rest is much easier than the unsubscribe process that many newsletters require you to go through. The collateral damage on this is that many spam filters that take user inputs in deciding what's spam, end up declaring legitimate newsletters as spam for other users, because some felt it lost its usefulness. In other words, it's not that people are getting confused and think that legitimate newsletters are spam. It's just that the newsletters stopped being useful and the spam filter provided an easier "unsubscribe" process.

Demonstrating A Legitimate Use Of File
Sharing For Microsoft's Update?

Demonstrating A Legitimate Use Of File
Sharing For Microsoft's Update? 08/10/2004 03:43 PM
The BBC is reporting on Downhill Battle's move to offer the new Microsoft Windows XP update via BitTorrent as a way of showing how distributed file sharing applications can be used for legitimate, non-infringing purposes (though, the article hints that Microsoft isn't particularly thrilled about this). Of course, anyone who understands how BitTorrent works knows that there are already plenty of examples of non-infringing uses of BitTorrent. At this point, unfortunately, this demo may only serve to show how immature BitTorrent actually is. While the concept is great, the implementation still needs quite a bit of work.

More Stupid Copy Protection That Does
Nothing But Piss Off Legitimate Users

More Stupid Copy Protection That Does
Nothing But Piss Off Legitimate Users 07/12/2004 05:44 PM
This certainly isn't a new or unique story, but Broadband Reports has yet another story about ridiculous and pointless copy protection. The copy protection scheme, called Starforce, appears to be mainly used for protecting certain PC games from being copied. Of course, like so many copy protection schemes it does this by assuming all legitimate customers are criminals. Not only that, but it installs itself without letting you know (not even in the EULA), hides itself on your PC, slows down the PC, causes all sorts of other problems and errors, and is nearly impossible to remove -- even after the protected application has been removed. In other words, it's just as bad as some adware/spyware out there -- except that it's screwing things up for legitimate customers who actually went out and bought the games in question. As the article points out, every one of those games is available in a cracked version online, so this "copy protection" scheme doesn't actually prevent copies. It only serves to anger legitimate customers. Why is anyone using this product on their software?

Treat online gaming as a legitimate
industry, gov't told

Treat online gaming as a legitimate
industry, gov't told 02/01/2005 09:41 PM
News.inq7.net - Sun Jan 30, 12:55 pm GMT

Spam belt tightening done badly rejects
legitimate mail

Spam belt tightening done badly rejects
legitimate mail 01/22/2004 02:11 AM
Wanadoo, the French ISP, recently volunteered its entire dial-up IP range to the SMTP blacklists: BTOpenworld, a leading UK ISP, followed suit last week. Yahoo is touting their own proprietary extensions to SMTP; BT recently managed to mess up the DNS configuration of post.btinternet.com, resulting in them getting RBL'd. If several Small - and major - ISPs cannot configure their servers correctly such that mail can get through, what hope is there?

Scam sites start spoofing secure sites

Scam sites start spoofing secure sites 12/12/2003 10:26 AM
Personal Computer World Dec 12 2003 9:16AM ET

Adding value to IT

Adding value to IT 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
ZDNet Apr 13 2005 5:35AM GMT

Adding Ads Adversely?

Adding Ads Adversely? 12/09/2003 02:37 AM

Does anyone else think it's weird that newspapers like the Chicago Sun-Times are using Google's Ad-Words program (current example, but I think you can see the ads at the bottom of most pages)? What an interesting way to get your ad in the local newspaper. Makes for some< /A> inte resting dichot omies, too! I wonder if they've really thought this through....

IBM Adding Almost 19,000 Jobs

IBM Adding Almost 19,000 Jobs 08/12/2004 08:20 PM

Adding SALT to the Mix

Adding SALT to the Mix 11/01/2002 02:46 PM
The voice technology standard for software applications continues to gain steam, but it's going to be a tough act to add it to the W3C plate.

Adding FeedDemon to Opera

Adding FeedDemon to Opera 01/16/2004 01:04 PM

Rijk van Geijtenbeek saw the previ ous post and let us how to do the same thing with Opera 7.21 and higher. Just open the URL below in Opera:

http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/menu/feeddemon-in -linkcontextmenu.ini

This will add a "Send to FeedDemon" item to Opera's context menu which enables passing the URL of an RSS feed to FeedDemon.

Note for Opera customizers: this is the relevant line to add to the active menu.ini file:
Item, "Send to FeedDemon" = Execute program, "feeddemon","%l"

Adding Comments to a .reg File

Adding Comments to a .reg File 07/13/2004 10:13 AM

Adding SALT to HTML

Adding SALT to HTML 02/05/2005 09:37 PM
XML Feb 5 2005 12:11AM GMT

Adding Audio to Blogs

Adding Audio to Blogs 01/28/2004 12:27 PM
Don't know how I missed this, but it's been around for a month: SoundBlox is "an MP3 audio playing Internet application that can be embedded into a personal blog template or Web page, and displayed in any modern Web browser." It's for non-commercial use, which excludes me on this blog, but I still intend to play with it on another blog I use for experimentation. Nice.

Adding .NET Control Properties

Adding .NET Control Properties 05/03/2004 09:00 PM
DDJ May 4 2004 0:50AM GMT

Adding a Default Printer

Adding a Default Printer 06/05/2004 01:09 AM

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