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Network admins warned: 'secure your servers'

News Open proxies are similar - they're often misconfigured web servers - and can permit spam to be sent anonymously. The FTC's "Secure Your Server" warning, sent through email, cautions that unless the recipient takes... [30 Jan 2004]

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The Spam Report

AOL under fire over Freeserve spam blacklisting

News Freeserve customers were hit by spam blacklisting back in August last year when some customers had emails bounced back with mail delivery failure notifications pointing them towards DSBL.org, which maintains a list of "dangerously... [26 Jan 2004]

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Broadband & ISPs

Router holes 'threaten the internet'

News However, a misconfigured router, or one that has been compromised by an online intruder, can cause chaos by advertising itself as the best path to an unrelated network. In April 1997, a small Virginia internet service... [03 Mar 2003]

Internet survives massive attack

News In April 1997, a misconfigured router advertised itself to the internet as the quickest gateway to every other server and caused a ripple that affected communications for several hours. Traffic from... [23 Oct 2002]