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_id: '5655'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Spam e-mails have become a serious technological and economic problem. Up
to now, by deploying complementary anti-spam measures, we have been reasonably
able to withstand spam e-mails and use the Internet for regular communication.
However, if we are to avert the danger of losing the Internet e-mail service in
its capacity as a valuable, free and worldwide medium of open communication, anti-spam
activities should be performed more systematically than is currently the case
regarding the mainly heuristic, anti-spam measures in place. A formal framework,
within which the existing delivery routes that a spam e-mail may take, and anti-spam
measures and their effectiveness can be investigated, will perhaps encourage a
shift in methodology and pave the way for new, holistic anti-spam measures. This
paper presents a model of the Internet e-mail infrastructure as a directed graph
and a deterministic finite automaton and draws on automata theory to formally
derive the spam delivery routes. The most important anti-spam measures are then
described. Methods controlling only specific delivery routes are evaluated in
terms of how effectively they cover the modeled e-mail infrastructure; methods
operating independently of any particular routes receive a more general assessment.
author:
- first_name: Guido
full_name: Schryen, Guido
id: '72850'
last_name: Schryen
citation:
ama: Schryen G. Do anti-spam measures effectively cover the e-mail communication
network? A formal approach. The Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS
Special Interest Group in Security). 2007;3(2):66-90.
apa: Schryen, G. (2007). Do anti-spam measures effectively cover the e-mail communication
network? A formal approach. The Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS
Special Interest Group in Security), 3(2), 66–90.
bibtex: '@article{Schryen_2007, title={Do anti-spam measures effectively cover the
e-mail communication network? A formal approach}, volume={3}, number={2}, journal={The
Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS Special Interest Group in Security)},
author={Schryen, Guido}, year={2007}, pages={66–90} }'
chicago: 'Schryen, Guido. “Do Anti-Spam Measures Effectively Cover the e-Mail Communication
Network? A Formal Approach.” The Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS
Special Interest Group in Security) 3, no. 2 (2007): 66–90.'
ieee: G. Schryen, “Do anti-spam measures effectively cover the e-mail communication
network? A formal approach,” The Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS
Special Interest Group in Security), vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 66–90, 2007.
mla: Schryen, Guido. “Do Anti-Spam Measures Effectively Cover the e-Mail Communication
Network? A Formal Approach.” The Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS
Special Interest Group in Security), vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 66–90.
short: G. Schryen, The Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS Special Interest
Group in Security) 3 (2007) 66–90.
date_created: 2018-11-14T14:51:41Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T07:02:22Z
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: '277'
extern: '1'
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intvolume: ' 3'
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keyword:
- e-mail
- spam
- e-mail infrastructure
- anti-spam measures
- spamming options
language:
- iso: eng
oa: '1'
page: 66-90
publication: The Journal of Information Systems Security (AIS Special Interest Group
in Security)
status: public
title: Do anti-spam measures effectively cover the e-mail communication network? A
formal approach
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