> One user said they're doing it to prevent spam on their news servers.
> Bullsh**! They don't need to port scan everyone for nntp. People use nntp
> for valid reasons. They need to detect mulitple news postings on their
> server's end. That's the best way to prevent spam. They're creating IP
> traffic, creating problems, and creating my ulser.
The reason for the UDP threat was all the spam originating from @Home news servers and
the news servers running on clients of @Home. I expect the nntp port scans are
@Home's attempt to police their clients for open-access nttp ports which they can then
ask their clients to lock down.
--[Lance]
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