RE: [MLUG] plaxo

["Bob Avery-Babel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

What ports/etc are you blocking at the firewall to stop it? 

Just curious. Bob

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Reply-To: MLUG Members <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 18:20:30 -0500

>Thankfully not. I'm very glad you mentioned it though. I've emailed my boss and our network admin to have plaxo blocked at our firewall. As the second article mentioned, even if its not going to abuse what its gathering, anybody else can do it a lot more easily right behind them. Imagine someone hacking their contact update server for a day, and just capturing all the email addresses that are sent in. Aside from that, the send to all contacts would be horrible for networks like ours where the whole campus directory is in the contact list. 
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ryan Thornton [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:45 PM
>> To: MLUG Members
>> Subject: [MLUG] plaxo
>> 
>> 
>> Is anyone else starting to see this plaxo crap?
>> 
>> http://www.plaxo.com/downloads
>> 
>> I'm guessing it's spyware oriented but this is all I can find,
>> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56322,00.html
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,905467,00.asp
>> 
>> I'm suprised my spamassassin didn't catch it.
>
>It's plain text, and from a luser that has you in their contact list already. Whats spamassassin going to find in it?
>
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