[Nanog-futures] Fwd: [admins at nanog.org: Please confirm (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)]

[Patrick W. Gilmore]

On Apr 25, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:

> It appears that "admins at nanog.org" is using a challenge/response  
> system
> (see below).  This is an extremely bad idea -- so bad that I'm  
> surprised
> that NANOG personnel aren't already well aware of it.  (It's common
> knowledge among most of those working in the anti-spam field.)

You didn't read the actual e-mail below, did you?  "To confirm that  
you sent the message below, simply reply to this email message."  So I  
guess your message did not get confirmed.... :)

I'd call it a bad joke, but not a barrier to interaction with the  
admins.

-- 
TTFN,
patrick


> See, for example:
>
> 	Challenge-Response Anti-Spam Systems Considered Harmful
> 	http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/challenge-response.html
>
> Vastly superior anti-spam methods which do not result in outbound
> abuse are available, well-documented, and easily implemented.
> If NANOG needs assistance with that, I'm sure any number of us
> would be happy to help out.  But the C/R mechanism should be
> disabled immediately, before it's used to abuse third parties.
>
> ---Rsk
>
> ----- Forwarded message from NANOG Admins <admins at nanog.org> -----
>
>> From: NANOG Admins <admins at nanog.org>
>> To: rsk at gsp.org
>> Subject: Please confirm (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
>> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:59:37 UTC
>>
>>
>> This is an automated message.
>>
>> The message you sent (attached below) requires confirmation
>> before it can be delivered.  To confirm that you sent the
>> message below, simply reply to this email message.  You
>> do not need to modify anything in this message.  Once this is
>> done, your original email will be forwarded and no more
>> confirmations will be necessary for future messages.
>>
>>
>> --- Original Message Follows ---
>>
>> Received: from taos.firemountain.net ([207.114.3.54])
>> Received: from squonk.gsp.org (bltmd-207.114.17.169.dsl.charm.net  
>> [207.114.17.169])
>> Received: from avatar.gsp.org (avatar.gsp.org [192.168.0.11])
>> Received: from avatar.gsp.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
>> Received: (from rsk at localhost)
>> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:56:11 -0400
>> From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org>
>> To: admins at nanog.org
>> Subject: In re: [nanog at nanog.org: Never seen before! Gucci Prada  
>> Chanel,
>> Message-ID: <20080424225611.GA28272 at gsp.org>
>>
>>
>> (Original message truncated)
>>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
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