Checksum & Signature Databases
Ø Pros
Ø False positive rate can be very low
Ø Fast
Ø Cons
Ø Only as good as the algorithm and verification
as spam
Ø Can’t be used to block spam until it has been
received by those reporting and verifying
Ø May be easy to defeat with tools that
customize or serialize content per recipient –
algorithm has to evolve