Comments on: Trap Spammers with Project Honey Pot http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/01/trap-spammers-with-project-honey-pot/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:29:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Art101 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/01/trap-spammers-with-project-honey-pot/#comment-849082 Art101 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:12:55 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14035#comment-849082 It's an excellent service with great features and high ethics in the fight against spam (and the creeps who scour sites to harvest addresses). It's simple to set up and deploy. Users have access to an extraordinary collection of valuable data through their account panel. I carefully researched the project before signing on and spoke with one of the founders at length on the phone. As for Rarst's "harassing legit users by IP" comment, I've never run into this problem and know of no one who has. I've deployed honeypots on 8 of my client sites. As of today, we've helped trap 5,642 harvesters in over 1,940,000 events. I highly recommend the service. It’s an excellent service with great features and high ethics in the fight against spam (and the creeps who scour sites to harvest addresses). It’s simple to set up and deploy. Users have access to an extraordinary collection of valuable data through their account panel. I carefully researched the project before signing on and spoke with one of the founders at length on the phone. As for Rarst’s “harassing legit users by IP” comment, I’ve never run into this problem and know of no one who has.

I’ve deployed honeypots on 8 of my client sites. As of today, we’ve helped trap 5,642 harvesters in over 1,940,000 events. I highly recommend the service.

]]> By: Greg http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/01/trap-spammers-with-project-honey-pot/#comment-843197 Greg Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:10:57 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14035#comment-843197 Actually, I've never had a problem with this. It was kinda cool to see how many people I helped trap. I think they do have a system where if your IP shows up for whatever reason, you can request that it be whitelisted. Actually, I’ve never had a problem with this. It was kinda cool to see how many people I helped trap. I think they do have a system where if your IP shows up for whatever reason, you can request that it be whitelisted.

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]]> By: Rarst http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/01/trap-spammers-with-project-honey-pot/#comment-842276 Rarst Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:46:11 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14035#comment-842276 >What this system basically does is sit on a site and watch for email harvesters. Or harassing legit users by IP. Heard some unpleasant stories about this one. It is bad security idea to "enumerate badness". It is bad security to rely on IP detection. Two in one. >What this system basically does is sit on a site and watch for email harvesters.

Or harassing legit users by IP. Heard some unpleasant stories about this one.

It is bad security idea to “enumerate badness”. It is bad security to rely on IP detection. Two in one.

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