The Rest Is Trash https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking # spam

The Rest Is Trash https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking # spam

I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the latest BSDnow https://www.bsdnow.tv/648 features my "Eighteen years of greytrapping ..." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html as well as the @bsdcan organizer interview #bsdcan #bsdnow #freebsd #openbsd #greytrapping

I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the latest BSDnow https://www.bsdnow.tv/648 features my "Eighteen years of greytrapping ..." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html as well as the @bsdcan organizer interview #bsdcan #bsdnow #freebsd #openbsd #greytrapping

The update you have been waiting for:

"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists

The update you have been waiting for:

"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists

Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

It seems that adding the second, third and fourth entries in raw list at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has not dissuaded any consumers of that list.

Perhaps they don't read their data at all?

Background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime

It seems that adding the second, third and fourth entries in raw list at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has not dissuaded any consumers of that list.

Perhaps they don't read their data at all?

Background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime

Oh, the number of bsdly imaginary friends just rolled past 6 million, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html), may update graphs at month end #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #nastykidsister

Oh, the number of bsdly imaginary friends just rolled past 6 million, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html), may update graphs at month end #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #nastykidsister

Hey! My "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is on @vermaden's Valuable news https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/valuable-news-2025-08-18/ #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #freebsd #valueablenews

Hey! My "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is on @vermaden's Valuable news https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/valuable-news-2025-08-18/ #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #freebsd #valueablenews

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime