Anti-Spam Measures Analysis and Design /

• Main Author: Schryen, Guido (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer security.; Computers.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Systems and Data Security.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

The primary goal of this work is the methodical analysis of the potential, limitations, advantages, and drawbacks of anti-spam measures. These determine to which extent the measures can contribute to the reduction of spam in the long run. The range of considered anti-spam measures includes legislati...

Table of Contents:

• Spam and its economic significance
• The e-mail delivery process and its susceptibility to spam
• Anti-spam measures
• A model-driven analysis of the effectiveness of technological anti-spam measures
• An infrastructure framework for addressing spam
• The empirical analysis of the abuse of e-mail addresses placed on the Internet
• Summary and outlook.