Re: [tlug] Interesting info on Korean spam (OT)

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:54:59 +0900, Guy W <gpw@example.com> wrote to
tlug@example.com:

> Not wanting to get into an OT discussion, but labelling Korean ISPs as 
> spammers seems strange to me.

I beg to differ - as long as the labelling is done after the fact.

I maintain a list of locally blocked netblocks, and a netblock only becomes
listed *after* I've been spammed by someone in that netblock. The largest
number of such netblocks in my lists is in Korea, then China and Brazil.

I'm afraid about 95% of the spam I get *does* come from these localities.

> Reminds me of when I visited Internet cafes in China last year.  All 
> access to .jp domain websites had been blocked (=blacklisted as porn).

That reaction on behalf of the government is rather OTT. Then again, there
is a big difference between blocking access *TO* a TLD and blocking access
*FROM* a netblock. In the first instance, users are being prevented from
getting something they want. In the second instance, users are being
protected from something they *don't* want.

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