Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265383AbUAWJYT (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 04:24:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265406AbUAWJYT (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 04:24:19 -0500 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([213.79.33.168]:8079 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265383AbUAWJYS (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 04:24:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:24:06 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@fogarty.jakma.org To: Brian Beattie cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts In-Reply-To: <1074795626.868.22.camel@kokopelli> Message-ID: References: <20040121194315.GE9327@redhat.com> <1074717499.18964.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040121211550.GK9327@redhat.com> <20040121213027.GN23765@srv-lnx2600.matchmail.com> <1074731162.25704.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <401000C1.9010901@blue-labs.org> <20040122173002.GX21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <40100B2E.30405@blue-labs.org> <1074795626.868.22.camel@kokopelli> X-NSA: iraq saddam hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea vietnam revolt mustard gas MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 897 Lines: 22 On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Brian Beattie wrote: > Well it's all very fun, but I expect the spammers to figure out > challange and response soon enough. It works while the level of use is insignificant. If it ever were to have significant adoption the spammers would indeed then adapt. Challenge/Response is an arms race waiting to happen, with a turing-test every time you send an email as its destiny. regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A warning: do not ever send email to spam@dishone.st Fortune: Demographic polls show that you have lost credibility across the board. Especially with those 14 year-old Valley girls. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/