IBM has introduced a new anti-spam technology that is
designed to make existing spam filtering solutions more
effective.
Called FairUCE (Fair use of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail), the
new technology helps filter and block spam by analysing the domain
identity of an e-mail.
It does this by using built-in identity management capabilities
at the network level.
FairUCE is able to establish the legitimacy of an e-mail message
by linking it back to its origin, thereby establishing a
relationship between an e-mail domain, e-mail address and the
computer's IP address from which it was sent from.
FairUCE can then formulate lists of IP addresses which are
either legitimate e-mail servers or "zombies" being used to spread
spam. Zombies are PCs taken over by remote hackers to spread spam
or malware without the PC's owner knowing.
Unlike spam filters, which identify spam by scanning the content
of every e-mail message entering the network, FairUCE blocks and
eliminates spam from spammers who are assuming false identities to
hide who they really are.
IBM's FairUCE spam technology can therefore help customers
identify potentially harmful traffic much earlier, before it
affects their networks.
The IBM spam solution comes as Microsoft and other various
parties continue to argue over an acceptable technical standard for
allowing users to know for certain who is sending them e-mails.
The IEEE standards body has effectively given up in trying to
get the various companies to reach a compromise.
FairUCE is available through IBM alphaWorks, IBM's online
community providing early adopters and innovators direct access to
emerging technologies and resources.
For more information on FairUCE
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