COMDOM Antispam White papers

IPv6 and Spam
27.03.2009 This paper highlights that the persistence and sophistication of spam reduces incentives to deploy IPv6. The analysis suggests that IPv6 adoption will erode the efficiency of antispam mechanisms that classify communications based on the reputation of its senders and will require an increased emphasis on content filtering.
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Spam and Mail Infrastructure
15.12.2008 Spam and Mail Infrastructure with COMDOM Antispam 2.0 and Parallels® Virtuozzo Containers 4.0
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The Robustness of new email authentification standards
06.10.2008 Vulnerabilities in email protocols allow spammers to readily hide their true identities. These shortcomings have motivated proposals for new standards for authenticating messages. Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identifi ed Mail (DKIM) represent two such mechanisms.
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Multilayer Filtering
15.04.2008 2008 Spam Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - The adoption of a wide range of regulatory and technical measures against spam has not constrained its growth and sophistication.This paper provides a novel explanation for this puzzle by emphasizing the technological tradeoffs between the accuracy and speed of filters
facing network providers in the early to mid-2000s.
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Spam and the Digital Divide
24.01.2008 Over recent years, large volumes of spam seem to have become a permanent feature of the Internet. While the exact volume of spam changes on a daily basis, typically around 80% of all messages are classified as unwanted
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VB 2007: High Speed Image Part Recognition (IPR)
27.09.2007 This paper reviews different technologies employed to process image spam, and introduces a new approach to processing content embedded in complex and randomized pictures. High speed Image Part Recognition (IPR) improves on existing ad hoc rules and fingerprint systems because it allows for analysis of image spam content, and can be integrated with self learning Bayesian (statistical) filters.
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Technology Impact Assessment: Fingerprinting versus Bayesian Filtering
10.09.2007 This paper reviews performance and other criteria of leading open source and commercial applications relevant for network administrators and managers when evaluating their choices between the two general classes of technologies. Specifically, the analysis compares the features of three leading fingerprint systems (eXpurgate®, commtouch®, and Mailshell) with two filters that employ the Bayesian methods (SpamAssassin and COMDOM® Antispam).
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Network Cost of SPAM
24.07.2007 This paper provides an overview of costs facing large organizations, such as multinational enterprises, universities, and governments, as well as small and medium sized businesses that own or operate networks used by employees and other end users.
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