Vinton G. Cerf
Abstract
Abolishing spam, and its morphing forms, will take more than public protest and current filtering and legislative quick fixes.
Index Terms
- Spam, spim, and spit
Recommendations
On Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT) Prevention
Spam over IP telephony (SPIT) is expected to become a serious problem in the near future. One of the main requirements for a SPIT prevention system is to avoid the involvement of the callee in the SPIT detection process, because this implies disturbing ...
@spam: the underground on 140 characters or less
CCS '10: Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer and communications securityIn this work we present a characterization of spam on Twitter. We find that 8% of 25 million URLs posted to the site point to phishing, malware, and scams listed on popular blacklists. We analyze the accounts that send spam and find evidence that it ...
Control of spam: a comparative approach with special reference to India
Spam and other related online threats are a real concern to all Internet users as they can lead to online fraud involving counterfeit websites, the theft of personal data such as credit card information, personal information through illicit access to ...
Reviews
Jack Noel Rose
If you find spam annoying, be forewarned by Cerf's article about additional unwanted technological impositions, called spim and spit. "Spim" refers to unwanted instant messaging (IM) sessions, while "spit" refers to "spam over Internet telephony." As if that weren't disturbing enough, Cerf postulates spamming of the mobile telephone text message system. Focusing on spam, Cerf begins with a knowledgeable history of email. It turns out that closed commercial systems have given way to global connectivity, with wide-open opportunities for abuse. In searching for answers to mitigate or eliminate spam, Cerf looks toward network providers to offer some level of protection, with well-designed acceptable use policies, as opposed to relying on the legislative process, which tends to be slow. In the conclusion, the essay is said to be intended to inspire thoughtful discussion about Internet abuse. It certainly doesn't solve the problem of spam, but does live up to its objective. Online Computing Reviews Service
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