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  • Presentation: "Greylisting and a Look at the Anti-Spam Landscape"
    by Hal Pomeranz <hal AT deer-run DOT com>

    Black lists (both automated and not), white lists, keyword/regexp/Bayesian filters, SPF, and now "greylisting"-- where will the continuing anti-spam arms race take us next? This talk includes an overview of current anti-spam techniques with some thoughts on their relative pros and cons, and a more in-depth look at the recently available "greylisting" technique, which is proving amazingly effective at blocking certain classes of spam.

    Hal Pomeranz is the technical lead and official spam eradicator for Deer Run Associates, a small consulting firm (recently relocated to Eugene, OR). But this is merely his "mild-mannered secret identity" that hides his exploits as a Faculty Member and Senior Unix Instructor for the SANS Institute, Technical Advisor for the Center for Internet Security, and Technical Editor for Sys Admin Magazine.

  • Agenda:
    • 7:00 - 7:30 Business

      We will discuss the status of our ongoing projects including the monthly hands on clinics, PLUG for Education, etc.

    • 7:30 - 8:30 Presentation

      See above

    • 9:00 - ... Beer

      The Lucky Labrador Brewing Company 915 SE Hawthorne

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