anti-spam vs network abuse

Sat Mar 1 18:07:05 UTC 2003

At 05:05 PM 28-02-03 -0500, Len Rose wrote:

>Scanning is always a precursor to an attack, or to determine if any obvious
>methodology can be used to attack. At least that's how it has been
>historically viewed.

When buying from Landsend or Amazon, I normally trust their ecommerce 
security.  But when I am buying something online from "Bubba's Lasermax 
Imporium" in Nebraska, I will scan their site as well as "Dwyne's Glock 
Shop" in Arkansas and pick the one with the more secure ecommerce rather 
than the one with the cheaper price.

Call me Joe consumer :-)

-Hank