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Exploring Dark Traffic Attacks: Types and Impact on Email Systems

Mar 29, 2006 •

Anthony Pell

1 min read

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As well as straightforward spam, dark traffic comprises directory harvest attacks, email Denial of Service attacks, malformed SMTP packets, invalid recipient addresses, and other requests and communications unrelated to the delivery of valid email messages.

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