Lucas is an Email administrator. He is extremely sick and tired of spam and convinces his boss to let him focus entirely on the email system for awhile. He puts into place a list of countermeasures that include: Spam prevention software at the edge of his network, DNSBLs (DNS Based Black Lists), and Mail Exchanger Callbacks. Still the SPAM comes in.
He decides the next best thing to try is a system that slows down connections to known SPAM relays to at least reduce the volume of traffic that just gets blasted in. What is this technique known as?
A) SPAM Cannibal
B) Sender Policy Framework
C) Teergrubbing (Tar Pit)
D) SMTP Cannonball

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Teergrubbing is the German word for Tar pit. This concept relates to the general technique of slowing down connections between hosts to deter abuse. SPAM Cannibal is software that can do this, and the feature is built into Windows 2003 Sp1 (disabled by default). The question did not ask for a specific product, just a technique.

Lucas Is an Email Administrator