[JDEV] Fighting Jabber Spam

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Anyone can send me messages, but my Jabber client can block them.

Peter

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Ben Piercey wrote:

> But it's not just about presence. With jabber, you can send messages
> to users even if you are not on their roster. So really, spamming is
> pretty easy to do. The only thing is, you have no idea if your
> spam actually reaches anyone.
> 
> (This capability really does seem like a loophole to me... does
>  anyone know the rational behind allow it?)
> 
> just my $0.02
> 
> 
> --------------------
> Ben Piercey
> Voice IM Software Designer
> Nuance Communications
> Ottawa, Canada.
> 
> www.nuance.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <johnston at megaepic.com>
> To: <jdev at jabber.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Fighting Jabber Spam
> 
> 
> > Well, someone correct me if I'm wrong... but for someone to receive your
> presence, you have to permit them to subscribe to your presence. Can't we
> tell the server not to accept certain message types (as in not presence
> subscription requests :) that come from users that don't have subscription
> authorization?
> >
> > Mat.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 01:39:51AM -0400, Adam Theo wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello, Adam Theo here;
> > >
> > > i just saw an episode of TechTV's CyberCrime, about cell phone text
> > > messaging spam, and want to see what i can do to make sure the same
> > > doesn't happen to jabber. i despise spam, hate it, want it to manifest
> > > into something physical so i can mangle it, rip it, crush it... to...
> to...
> > >
> > > *deep breaths* ok, calmed. i get very wound up with spam. if i could do
> > > just one thing for the world, it would be to make sure spam does not
> > > expand onto the jabber system... i'd die a very happy man, then.
> > >
> > > so, what ideas are there already about fighting/preventing spam on
> > > jabber? technical ones? legal ones? other ones? anything.
> > >
> > > i've already stretched myself too thin. i am running a website by
> > > myself, that has about 10 projects going on at it (mostly
> > > programming-related, so that takes up alot of time), so i don't know how
> > > i could help this spam fight, BUT...
> > >
> > > i'd certainly try :)
> > >
> > > also, if anyone knows Perl, and has some spare time on their hands,
> > > especially if they might get a little bit of money for it, i'd be much
> > > obliged for any help you could give me on any of my projects. some of
> > > them are at www.theoretic.com (the rest are 'private' or 'beta' mode.).
> > > contact me if you are interested even mildly. i am flexible.
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