[Fwd: FC: Email a RoadRunner address, get scanned by their

Jack Bates jbates at brightok.net
Sat Mar 15 04:57:30 UTC 2003


From: <jlewis at lewis.org>

>
> I suspect we've gotten to the point now that there are more open proxies
> than open relays on the net, and it seems the proxies are more heavily
> abused.
>
Perhaps it is because trojans and worms aren't setup to install open relays
but to install open proxies. Proxies also have the advantage of hiding the
original sender. I suspect that the next thing we will see is open proxies
abused and then all traces wiped out by self protecting worms.

-Jack




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