Dilbert – Our Spam Filter Has Become Self Aware?

Shaun — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:44 +0000

Has it come to this? Do we need an anti-spam engine so powerful that it becomes self aware?

While it is nice that spam volume has declined some since McColo has been shut down there is still a lot of messages out there that are spam and a vacuum right now waiting to be filled by other spammers.

While there is a temporary lull in spam volume the underlying problem still remains. The SMTP protocol that we all rely on and both love and hate was originally designed when the Internet was a small well-run network and everyone knew everyone else or knew someone who knew them and could vouch for each new connection or request to relay mail for someone. Open Relay mail servers were the norm and not the exception. Today you can

“Bud Has Mail” – Watchguard Videos Worth Watching

Shaun — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:17:52 +0000

In the Internet Age online videos are becoming more and more prevalent as they are easily distributed and are often more effective at getting a point across then forcing the visitor to read a bunch of text.

With this in mind Watchguard released some nice video tutorials about network security that are entertaining and have some excellent ideas worth showing your average user.

Similar in style to the French children books

The Spam Cryer » WatchGuard

Dilbert – Our Spam Filter Has Become Self Aware?

“Bud Has Mail” – Watchguard Videos Worth Watching