It appears that two spam-blacklisting services have shut down, due to continued, increased attacks on their services and other threats. There is some talk of the lack of help from LEO's, which may interest the readership here. Specifically, they call for more attention to protecting this slice of our infrastructure; right on topic. The article is at: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/24/132216&mode=thread and postings from the two services mentioned, which gave up, are at: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Now+retired+from+spam+fighting%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=vn1lufn8h6r38%40corp.supernews.com&rnum=4 and http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3f70e839%241%40dimaggio.newszilla.com (follow from the first link if those break) I also found, from the slashdot feedback, these related articles: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=MONKEYS.COM+FBI+DDoS&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=pgz8yoefxk0.fsf%40kruuna.Helsinki.FI&rnum=1 and http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112261,00.asp and http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3415219,00.html ... enjoy! And please offer your opinions and insight, this is a big matter, and timely with the Oklahoma Federal Court's blocking of the National Do-Not-Call list... (see http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20030924/tc_nm/telecom_telemarketing_dc or http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/24/160205&mode=thread ) Ben Barrett Ben's Computer Services PS - yro.slashdot.org, or "Your Rights Online", is a portal that reader here might want to check in on regularly, if you're not a /.'er already.--
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