On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 17:24 -0400, Rob McEwen wrote:
> Karsten Bräckelmann wrote:
> > There's a reason, pastebins (just like URL shortener services) are
> > implementing spam filtering and various other spam/bulk counter-
> > measures. That's because they have been abused by spammers.
> It seems like a simple solution is to password protect the paste bin...
Another counter-measure. It /might/ work.
Regarding the original problem, I'm not convinced anyway that checking
some "headers" is the way to go, as stated as the reason. Why should a
pastebin care about Received headers or even know the concept? It should
check the content, information provided. Email headers and IP addresses
are worthless and just plain junk for displaying content.
> with a user name and password p in clear view. Pastebins don't make for
> a good presentation of spammers' content
Neither does bugzilla. Yet abuse by spammers isn't unheard of...
> since they only show the raw text.
And spammers don't use text/plain messages, showing raw text. Neither do
they assume a user would actually type in what barely looks like a URL.
Or send a password protected archive, to spread malware. Right? ;)
Spammers will try. And users will fall for it.
--
char *t="\10pse\0r\0dtu...@ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4";
main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1:
(c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}
