full-disclosure - SMTP authentication will save the world (was: EXE not recognized in passworded ZIP by Kaspersky)

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From: martin.macok at underground.cz (Martin Mačok)
Subject: SMTP authentication will save the world (was: EXE not recognized in passworded ZIP by Kaspersky)

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 04:37:49PM -0500, Larry Seltzer wrote:

> As I've argued in another thread, I think SMTP authentication will
> likely cut this stuff down to a trickle compared to the current
> volume.

The SPAM problem is not an authentication problem. Even if you could
authenticate the identities - what would your "access list" look like
and how will it work?

Do you know that most of the SPAM alread goes from unsecured and owned
personal/home Windows XP machines? It is not a problem for spammers
(and or viruses) to steal a lot of identities from all around the
world.

Martin Ma?ok