Comments on: WhiteList Spam Attacks Threaten Blogs and Email http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php Consulting & Training with Creative & Publishing Workflow Expert Pariah S. Burke | Informing & Empowering Creative Professionals™ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Web Marketing Services - Professional Internet Marketing by SEO Prodigy http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1724 Web Marketing Services - Professional Internet Marketing by SEO Prodigy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:32:27 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1724 <strong>Blogs being spammed?...</strong> I hate it when people find ways to spam useful tools and content. Blogs are immensely popular these days, and wordpress and blogger are just a few examples of good free blogging interfaces. Due to the popularity of the blogs, Google and other search en... Blogs being spammed?…

I hate it when people find ways to spam useful tools and content. Blogs are immensely popular these days, and wordpress and blogger are just a few examples of good free blogging interfaces. Due to the popularity of the blogs, Google and other search en…

]]> By: Coding Horror http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1723 Coding Horror Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:19 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1723 <strong>Whitelist, Blacklist, Greylist</strong> I recently got into a spirited discussion about Akismet. What is Akismet? When a new comment, trackback, or pingback comes to your blog it is submitted to the Akismet web service which runs hundreds of tests on the comment... Whitelist, Blacklist, Greylist

I recently got into a spirited discussion about Akismet. What is Akismet? When a new comment, trackback, or pingback comes to your blog it is submitted to the Akismet web service which runs hundreds of tests on the comment…

]]> By: Pozycjonowanie http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1722 Pozycjonowanie Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:18:13 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1722 Someone else below asked this already about antispam scripts. I am getting nailed with Spam on my website mails and in our blog website - now its offline too much spam. Is there anyway to stop this? If not, there really isn't any point in leaving it up and active. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for help, Keep up the good work. Greetings from Poland Someone else below asked this already about antispam scripts.
I am getting nailed with Spam on my website mails and in our blog website — now its offline too

much spam. Is there anyway to stop this? If not, there really isn’t any point in leaving it up

and active. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for help, Keep up the good work. Greetings from Poland

]]> By: derf http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1721 derf Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:43:30 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1721 See the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) at www.openspf.org. If the email says it's from Apple.com but the sending email server doesn't match an allowed IP address for one of Apple's listed email servers, it doesn't get through. The SPF check needs to be before the whitelist check. It's not perfect, and subject to a DNS attack, but it would make the spammer's job more difficult if every email domain had it implemented. See the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) at http://www.openspf.org. If the email says it’s from Apple.com but the sending email server doesn’t match an allowed IP address for one of Apple’s listed email servers, it doesn’t get through. The SPF check needs to be before the whitelist check. It’s not perfect, and subject to a DNS attack, but it would make the spammer’s job more difficult if every email domain had it implemented.

]]> By: Tim http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1720 Tim Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:03:00 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1720 I like your site. Blogs with comments windows that you have to click to open keep the dialogue under wraps. Blogs like this one which string comments out in the open are much more proactive about sparking dialogue. I like your site.
Blogs with comments windows that you have to click to open keep the dialogue under wraps. Blogs like this one which string comments out in the open are much more proactive about sparking dialogue.

]]> By: thinkcreation.net » Blog Archive » Whitelists in Spam Filters Might Become Spam’s Best Friend http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1719 thinkcreation.net » Blog Archive » Whitelists in Spam Filters Might Become Spam’s Best Friend Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:25:19 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1719 [...] This is a threat that can be successfully fought if awareness is raised in the net. I invite you to read the rest of his article to better understand this phenomenon. [...] […] This is a threat that can be successfully fought if awareness is raised in the net. I invite you to read the rest of his article to better understand this phenomenon. […]

]]> By: Pariah S. Burke http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1718 Pariah S. Burke Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:28:19 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1718 Spammers tend to share information like any other profession. I don't think mainstream press coverage would exacerbate the problem. It would, however, get more people working on a way to combat it. Spammers tend to share information like any other profession. I don’t think mainstream press coverage would exacerbate the problem. It would, however, get more people working on a way to combat it.

]]> By: Matthew Treder http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1717 Matthew Treder Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:02:46 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1717 Yeah. And I definitely think you're on to something that's not getting much ink in mainstream press, but probably should be. (Or would that only make things exponentially worse?) Yeah. And I definitely think you’re on to something that’s not getting much ink in mainstream press, but probably should be. (Or would that only make things exponentially worse?)

]]> By: Pariah S. Burke http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1716 Pariah S. Burke Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:12:11 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1716 Hi, Matthew. See, that's just the problem of whitelist spam: If you protect Apple.com, then any spam message that includes that domain would automatically get through. That's exactly what spammers are hoping for, which is why they're including sites like Apple.com in their messages. Three-list anti-spam engines aren't yet smart enough to figure out what to do with a message containing two URLs, one being unknown to it (Apple.com) and the other known bad (a porn site, for example). In those cases, the anti-spam engine creates an association between the known bad and the unknown, deciding that the unknown must be had and therefore should be blacklisted. While it is feasible for humans to go in and individually whitelist good domains, it's totally unweildly to whitelist the millions of respectable domains out there. While most sites will never get a fraction of those as blog comments or e-mail, there are still thousands of potential domains from which desired messages may come. One cannot whitelist them all, nor can one realistically investigate every blacklisted message or domain on a busy site. See the problem now? Hi, Matthew.

See, that’s just the problem of whitelist spam: If you protect Apple.com, then any spam message that includes that domain would automatically get through. That’s exactly what spammers are hoping for, which is why they’re including sites like Apple.com in their messages. Three-list anti-spam engines aren’t yet smart enough to figure out what to do with a message containing two URLs, one being unknown to it (Apple.com) and the other known bad (a porn site, for example). In those cases, the anti-spam engine creates an association between the known bad and the unknown, deciding that the unknown must be had and therefore should be blacklisted.

While it is feasible for humans to go in and individually whitelist good domains, it’s totally unweildly to whitelist the millions of respectable domains out there. While most sites will never get a fraction of those as blog comments or e-mail, there are still thousands of potential domains from which desired messages may come. One cannot whitelist them all, nor can one realistically investigate every blacklisted message or domain on a busy site.

See the problem now?

]]> By: Matthew Treder http://iampariah.com/blog/whitelist-spam-attacks-threaten-blogs-and-email.php/comment-page-1#comment-1715 Matthew Treder Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:15:28 +0000 http://www.iampariah.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1715 Am I being naive to suggest that whitelist domains such as Apple.com in your example above simply be given "protected" status? There are user-defined ways to identify truly worthwhile sites (StumbleUpon.com being one popular application of the technology) and separate out the drivel, or worse. Am I being naive to suggest that whitelist domains such as Apple.com in your example above simply be given “protected” status? There are user-defined ways to identify truly worthwhile sites (StumbleUpon.com being one popular application of the technology) and separate out the drivel, or worse.

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