Fwd: Hush Communications corporation

[Jay D. Dyson]

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Michael Sims wrote: 

> No discussion of Hushmail would be complete without mentioning that they
> send spam, such as this one.  Perhaps they are "demonstrating" that
> email is insecure by bouncing this off an open SMTP relay. 

	As one of the more rabid de-spammers in the public and private
sectors, I'm typically inclined to give no quarter to any spamvertised
site, no matter how noble their cause.  Even so, I have to wonder if this
isn't a Joe Job (revenge spam) meant to put Hush Communications under the
Great Hairy Eyeball of many a BOFH. 

	In looking over the IPs in the headers, I see nothing that
indicates the spam originated from Hush's network.  Indeed, the
originating IP for this spam came from the APNIC netblock, whereas Hush's
overseas IPs are in the RIPE netblock.  Additionally, I see nothing in the
content that indicates that Hush personnel were even involved in its
authoring. 

	It's trivial to spew spam as an act of revenge.  Until evidence
can be produced that this was somehow sponsored by Hush itself, I'd be
inclined to believe that they are as much a victim of this spam run as the
unwilling recipient.

	All data presently considered: this spam run is either courtesy of
a misguided (and obviously evangelical) Hush user, or the product of a
disgruntled Hush employee. 

- -Jay

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