[Asrg] Dictionary Attacks

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 19 November 2008 08:04:55 -0800 Steve Atkins <steve at blighty.com> wrote:

>
> A simple example is AOL. AOL allows other network users to sign
> up with AOL to receive feedback reports about email from a particular
> IP address. If an AOL user receives email from that IP address and
> clicks on the "This is Spam" button then AOL will, amongst other
> things, send an email to the feedback loop subscriber telling
> them "Someone clicked this-is-spam in response to this email"
> and include a copy of the email.

Most feedback loops are IP address based, but I've just read that AOL are 
intending to implement a dkim/domain based feedback loop.

<http://www.returnpath.net/blog/2008/11/aols-plans-for-domain-reputati.php>

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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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