Using Throttling and Traffic Shaping to Fight Spam

Filed in archive Spam by Sue Walsh on February 8, 2008

Here's an interesting talk about spammer economics and behavior and how to fight spam using connection management from the 21st Large Installation System Administration Conference. It provides an interesting history of spam, new spam fighting techniques and real world scenarios. It also provides a look at connection management and how it can help fight spam. Check it out!

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Response from: Ken Simpson (02/18/08 7:00am)

Hi Everyone,
The talk is by me. If you'd like to find out more about how we use throttling to fight the spammers, read my blog at http://blog.mailchannels.com.