Looking for someone to reskin
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slenderman8888
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Or at least edit it a bit so that the bots cant straight up harvest it. E.g. “dontspamme@example.com” could be changed to “dontspamme(at)example(dot)com” That way the bots may have a harder time harvesting the addresses.
norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
This is a Myth. There is nothing stopping string substitution from easily picking this up.
Justin is right. Webcrawler scripts are very smart these days. However, if you have access to a bot net then there is a much quicker way to harvest valid email addresses. Just query the target email server directly by pretending to be a mail server with a message to be delivered.
The handshake procedure between the servers go something like this in plain english.
Sending server: I have a message for joe@targetdomian.com
Receiving server: OK, I have a email account by that address, send the message. In this case the bot logs the email address as valid and drops the connection.
or
Receiving server: Sorry, that is not a valid user and drops the connection.
With even a tiny botnet of a few hundred thousand bots, you can build a list of valid email addresses at a domain in a few hours.
This works because the bot net is using different IP addresses to make the connections and a connection dropping prematurely is not uncommon. Now if you tried this from your home Internet connection, the incoming server would flag your IP address and block it after a certain number of invalid user attempts.
Of course, getting the spam past the spam filter is a whole different problem for the spammer but large list of valid users on a server can fetch a good amount of money on the dark web.
The handshake procedure between the servers go something like this in plain english.
Sending server: I have a message for joe@targetdomian.com
Receiving server: OK, I have a email account by that address, send the message. In this case the bot logs the email address as valid and drops the connection.
or
Receiving server: Sorry, that is not a valid user and drops the connection.
With even a tiny botnet of a few hundred thousand bots, you can build a list of valid email addresses at a domain in a few hours.
This works because the bot net is using different IP addresses to make the connections and a connection dropping prematurely is not uncommon. Now if you tried this from your home Internet connection, the incoming server would flag your IP address and block it after a certain number of invalid user attempts.
Of course, getting the spam past the spam filter is a whole different problem for the spammer but large list of valid users on a server can fetch a good amount of money on the dark web.
Which locos/rolling stock assets are wanting re-skinned, and what type of reskinning?
Full scheme change? Re-lettering for a different company/line? Color changes?
Pics of the changes to be made would also help.
Rico
griffinjim
Trainz "Veteran"
I can help ya.
I'm wanted a SD40-2, a coal car and Bay window caboose done up in my fictional line called the KV&O (Kentucky Virginia & Ohio). Thanks https://sites.google.com/view/kvo-railroad/motive-power/emd-sd40-2
Dinorius_Redundicus
kuid 68213
“Looking for someone to reskin”…creepy title. Made me think of “Silence of the Lambs”.