1 edit | A day without Spamhaus
Wouldn't affect me at all. I think it's foolish to depend on some foregn outfit for spam blocking. Excuses aside, the only reason you use it is to not have to pay people to do what has to be done, which is the typical short sighted, profit motivated corporate outlook.
Your companies should be doing what is required and lobbying for effective laws and punishments backed up internationally. The only time the avalanche of spam will stop is when there is actual risk to ones wellbeing in doing so. Never mind in creating the bot computers that do the spamming to begin with.
Sooner or later, this problem will HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED no matter if you like it or not. Spam has gotten to the point where it is creating entirely too much havoc on the internet.
Just look at the talk about how being without spamhaus would result in BILLIONS of unblocked spam messages and the havoc it would cause. It's rediculous to allow yourselves to be put in this position to begin with.
As in anything else, there needs to be some control on the seemingly unfettered actions of the people scamming, phishing and spamming. Sooner or later, we will have to face reality. There is, quite simply, NO OTHER CHOICE.
We simply cannot let criminals have free reign on the internet simply because we want the same unfettered freedom that they abuse. It's akin to letting the fox into the henhouse and devour everything. To do so will bring down the entire internet in the end. |
