From spambayes-bounces@python.org Wed Dec 4 11:52:09 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3914316F1B for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:51:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:51:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.python.org (mail.python.org [12.155.117.29]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gB4Blw812983 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:47:58 GMT Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=mail.python.org) by mail.python.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18JY1x-0005GE-02; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 06:49:29 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by mail.python.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18JY1r-0005G8-00 for spambayes@python.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 06:49:23 -0500 Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18JXzX-0007vb-00 for ; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 12:46:59 +0100 To: spambayes@python.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18JXzW-0007vS-00 for ; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 12:46:58 +0100 Path: not-for-mail From: Michael Hudson Date: 04 Dec 2002 11:49:23 +0000 Message-Id: <2madyyyyqa0s.fsf@starship.python.net> References: <15853.29052.186166.31687@montanaro.dyndns.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: starship.python.net X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039002418 29641 12.155.117.32 (4 Dec 2002 11:46:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:46:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Subject: [Spambayes] Re: New Application of SpamBayesian tech? X-Beenthere: spambayes@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5+ Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion list for Pythonic Bayesian classifier List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Sender: spambayes-bounces@python.org Errors-To: spambayes-bounces@python.org Neale Pickett writes: > Skip Montanaro writes: > > > Yes. It also seems to me that web page content filtering proxies (you > > know, keeping your kids or employees from visiting XXX websites) would > > be another good application of the technology. > > Not to mention IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems). > > IANAS but I have a friend who is, and he's suggested to me a few times > that it would be very interesting and possibly fruitful to apply > Bayesian analysis to network security. But I think I'm going to have to > pull out the probab/stats book from college before I embark on such a > thing :) I have half a mind to see how it works as a replacement for gnus' adaptive scoring. A harder problem than spam filtering, I guess, but it might be interesting. Cheers, M. _______________________________________________ Spambayes mailing list Spambayes@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes