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    The document provides information about spam, including how it can be received through unsolicited bulk emails, different forms it can take, and concepts like firewalls, IronPort, and Spam Assassin that can help filter spam. It also discusses what users can do to deal with spam, like setting preferences in Spam Assassin, using client filters or rules, and identifying legitimate emails. The document poses questions about email scoring, whitelists and blacklists, phishing attacks, and cons of cloud-based email.

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    Name__________________________________ Date_________________________

    Web Learning Adventures Web 1.1

    Go to http://it.santarosa.edu/sites/it.santarosa.edu/files/Dealing_with_Spam.pdf
    Answer the following questions:

    1. What exactly is spam?


    a. Unsolicited bulk E-mail sent indiscriminately

    2. How can you get spam in your computer?


    a. Unsolicited bulk E-mail sent indiscriminately

    b. Different forms: Unwanted mailing lists, phishing attacks to gain


    information, form E-mails searching for business

    c. The name ‘spam’ is derived from the 1970 Monty Python ‘spam’ sketch!

    3. Define the following concepts with short answers.

    a- Firewall- Blocks gross spam offenders

    b- IronPort- Blocks spam offenders based on rules,

    whitelists, blacklists, with a constantly updated

    database of known offenders

    c- Spam Assassin- Filters and blocks spam based on

    content with additional control based on user

    preferences

    d- Virus check- Detects and removes viruses in

    attachments and bad code in E-mail

    4. What You Can Do About Spams?

    a. – Set Spam Assassin Preferences

    b. – Client Filters or Rules

    c. – Identifying E-mails

    d. - E-mail in Context

    5. What are the functions of:?


    a. E-mail Score- Each E-mail is scored based on the content of the
    message

    b. Whitelist / Blacklist- Users can specify who can send them E-mail and
    who cannot

    6. What is the criteria you can set to score a message you receive before being tagged
    as spam?
    a- A larger score means more “spammy” content gets through - less E-mails are
    marked as spam
    b- A smaller score means less “spammy” content gets through - more E-mails are
    marked as spam
    7. What is the difference between White List and Black List ?

    a- White list: Always allows E-mail from someone you have approved, despite a
    high SpamAssassin score

    b- Blacklist: Never allows E-mail from someone you have denied

    8. What is a Zombie computer?

    a- a compromised computer under the control of a computer program to gather


    data

    9. What is Phishing Attacks s?

    a- Directed ‘attack’ with personal information included, harder to detect!

    10. How does my E-mail address get on the spam lists?

    a. – E-mail managed and hosted offsite

    b. Not going into detail today

    c. Google Gmail, Microsoft Office 365, etc.

    d. We are looking into it

    11. What are the cons of Cloud-based E-mail?


    a. – Training impact

    b. Backup and restore ($$)

    c. Client support

    d. Network integration

    e. Legal requirements

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