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From: John Hasler on 18 Apr 2010 11:55
J G Miller writes:
> You go to the web site so that the spammer can collect your IP
> address.

So what?

> That web site may just present a tiny bit of HTML, but the server can
> easily keep logs of all the visiting IP addresses.

Pretty much all Web servers log IP addresses.
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John Hasler
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From: J G Miller on 18 Apr 2010 15:28
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:33:56 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> Heheh, security through obscurity is no security.

I agree. But identifying an IP as being active means
less searching through the IP ranges as a potential target.

> Would you have a problem with me trying to crack 83.99.47.228 :-D

If you can do so and inform me of the problem and the solution,
then that would be a public service.

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