Medium Flame:Re: fPCGI vs. Windows 2003 ==>> bottom post

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:57:30AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2004, Ward Griffiths wrote:
> >On Monday 07 June 2004 09:38 pm, Fairlight wrote:
> >
> >> This is like trying to hold fP-Tech or the fP community responsible
> >> for the development decisions of RH, SCO, Apache, etc.  It's just not
> >> their problem, and no amount of testing they could have done would
> >> -fix- the fact that Mickeysoft managed to break their own software
> >> again.  All they could do is put a warning out.  M$ needs to fix it.
> >
> >M$ simply needs to be fixed.  By a veterinarian, not a mechanic.
> 
> This link cites a study that says 80% of current spam comes from zombified
> Windows machines, and I've heard from a very reputable source that this
> number is 89% at a MAJOR us ISP.
> 
> 	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/
> 
> When we started selling our InterRack(rg) systems in late 1994, I told
> people that we would only install Unix systems on the Internet, and that
> putting Microsoft systems on the 'Net was a recipe for disaster.  Ten years
> later, I think I've been proven right.

So, the solution is: clamp down all DSL and Cablemodems to only permit
outbound traffic to port 25 of the ISP's outbound mailserver -- *unless
the subscriber asks you to unfilter it*.

95 percent won't notice, of the remaining 5%, 1% are live spammers...
and the other 4% run Linux.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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