BitTorrent and Comcast?

[travis at scootz.net]

>>   Sure.  Tell me how NH residents like myself are supposed to track
>> down a
>> criminal in Russia sending stuff from a zombie box in Korea and using
>> a PO Box in Mexico.
>>
>
> Why would this be your job? All I'm saying is that no one is even
> willing to entertain the reports. As far as I can tell almost none of
> these felons are ever pursued...

Okay, take into account that most internet users never report spam, they
just delete it. Then figure that out of the number of people that report
it do it incorrectly. Either by sending it to their own ISP, or to the ISP
in the from address that is usually spoofed.

Then assume that the offending emails are tracked to an open relay,
chances are the guy doesn't keep good logs and never knew what was going
on. Is it his fault? I would say somewhat, but not enough to throw the
book at him. The trail usually ends here when the guy is told to lockup
the box or get service canceled from his ISP. There is generally no law
enforcement contacted in these cases.

Then say you do get decent logs, but the source ends up (more times then
not) being some guy in China or Korea.. What do you do now?

I bet you more often then not reports of spam are delt with, but the
problem is that they are nearly impossible to track, or end up being
traced back to a place where you can't do anything about it.

I remember MediaOne used to do open SMTP relay scans.. I wish more ISPs
did this.