Re: Idiot spam attack on sci.lang

In message <94111ff3-ef36-4417-a877-0f1b5d93813f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, richard01 <richardparker01@xxxxxxxxx> writes
I don't know how whoever is doing it does it, but it doesn't seem to
have any real object at all:

It's collateral damage from an attack on sci.crypt - groups that have appeared in crossposts to sci.crypt are getting some of the fallout.

http://groups.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.policy/browse_frm/thr
ead/afbf6dde24f62208/

[...]

Google Groups and Usenet have got to get their acts together to stop
this stuff. (Usenet not so much because they don't make any money from
it, but Google? - certainly).

How do you think Google could be in a position to do anything about this?

Who on earth do you think "Usenet" are?


They protect his identity, and enable him to put out this crap. You
can't do a WHOIS serach on the ***.

The hundreds of misconfigured open servers he posts through, run by often clueless administrators who in any case have more important calls on their time, are what protects his identity. Good luck with tracking all of them down and persuading them to tighten their security.

[...]

This *** has been sending stuff around to everybody:

His Profile:

Who's the "he" you think you're describing?


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Richard Herring
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