I agree completely with arcady.

And in my previous post, I was in no way suggesting that anti-spam tactics include respamming the spammers.  What one should do is not divert a spam or DDOS attack to a supposed spam server-gateway, but to some facility that is specifically designed as a waste depository for such attacks.  Think of it as diverting a flood into an uninhabited plain or something.  The problem here is that the internet is not a direct link pathway, so routing the attack (in both meanings) in this way, effectively, would require some sophisticated routing scheme whereby the attack is pushed back to some capable routing hubs to reduce or remove the stress on other more public hubs.  This would mean, I guess, a 'ring of defense' around normal servers and hubs whose main task is to divert the attack, like a firewall (the real type).

This and legislation would start to put a damper on these activities.  Make it both useless and  illegal.  At first, penalties should be painful.  A company that uses spam tactics should be filing for Chapter 11 or something after being found guilty of using them (if not put out of business altogether).

Individual hackers and attackers have been arrested on occasion, but it requires that they step into a nation where the laws are enforced.  Such a case occured to a Russian hacker who showed up at a US 'Con' and was promptly encarcerated.  But that is not going to happen often. :)

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