Security threats Toolkit

Story: Microsoft turns to Spamhaus for security help

• 
• 

Steve Linford and Spamhaus Internet Terrorists

Supernews.com hosts the Spamhaus Project and anti-spam vigilantes, These Internet Terrorists list mail servers and IPs that they know are not spam sources. But they blacklist them anyway to reach their goals. This is, strictly speaking, terrorism: harming innocent people as a way to pressure some central authority into doing what you want is the embodiment terrorism. Spamhaus lists Ip addresses in ever escalating blocks to force hosting companies and ISPs to shut off service to whomever then deem is not worthy to be on the Internet.

The innocent people whose mail got blocked as a result of this kind of criminal act are not "collateral damage." they are not harmed by accident. Spamhaus Intentionally harms these innocent people to put pressure on their ISP to further their goals

Power has corrupted Steve Linford and Spamhaus anti-spam vigilantes. They are not following any rules whatsoever and will go as far as block IPs from sysadmins that are rude to them for sending constant relentless emails trying to force them to bend to their will.

This is the same kind of tactic that gradually brought MAPS into disrepute. Most mail server administrators dropped their list and switched to another blacklist. that blacklist was Spamhaus SBL but now they are more corrupted than MAPS ever was.

Corruption is the inevitable failing of blacklists. Unlike filters, they're run by humans. And humans are all too likely to abuse the kind of power that blacklists embody. Steve Linford and the Spamhaus SBL is a perfect example of this. Only needs to read the nonsense that goes on at their meeting place http://groups.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.email/ to get the idea that it is time to ditch this group of lunatics. Here you will find examples of Linford bragging he can shut any host in the world.

It is time to say no to this kind of Abuse and Terrorisim. Do not use the Spamhaus SBL. If must use a Blacklist at all the same list Spamhaus misrepresents as their SBl is freely available at http://cbl.abuseat.org

• 
• 

• 
• 
• 

Full Talkback thread