Less spam?
Education Technology News, May, 2004
Less Spam?--Researchers at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) have come up with a new system for marking email that could better help tech support staff rid its users of spam. To defend against spam and viruses or to stop illegal file sharing, an organization must be able to identify the originator of the offending messages. However, spammers, pirates and hackers most often use incorrect, disguised or false addresses on their messages or data packets to deter trace back, which is illegal in the United States.
To overcome this, the researchers propose marking each message with an identifying number by a border router. Border routers are peripheral stations that a packet passes through on its way onto the Internet. The packets would always be traceable to a...
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