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RE: [gnso-ff-pdp-may08] Cost of attacks (and proportion attributable to Fast Flux)

  • To: gnso-ff-pdp-May08@xxxxxxxxx
  • Subject: RE: [gnso-ff-pdp-may08] Cost of attacks (and proportion attributable to Fast Flux)
  • From: Joe St Sauver <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:31:38 -0700

Oh yes: in addition to phishing, pirated software, pillz and counterfeit 
merchandise, there's also the cost of spam itself (remember, fastflux 
hosts exist to be spamvertised, right)... Ferris Research quotes the 
global cost of fighting spam at an estimated $140 billion for 2008. (see 
"Scourge of spam e-mail is 30-years old," May 2nd, 2008, 
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sect
ors/technology/article3863565.ece (URL wrapped due to length))

Regards,

Joe



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