17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Not impressed by their setup, there does not seem to be any checking to see if the mail address is correct (ie to checlk for a denial of service attack) and the setup requires distributors to submit their list for "washing". That type of setup may be OK for the bush league but its hardly cypherpunk type stuff. Its fairly easy to set up a scheme in which the blacklist can be distributed with no risk to the subscribers. Simply use a SHA digests and so on. I hadn't checked on Yahoo, I tend to use Alta-Vista having found Yahoo somewhat arbitary in category definition. Phill PS Sites that use red text on a white background ... ugh!!!