Publication detail

Spam Filter Based On Geographical Location Of The Sender

CAHA, T. KOVAŘÍK, M.

Original Title

Spam Filter Based On Geographical Location Of The Sender

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Spam annoys users and poses a security threat. This article proposes a spam filter based on geographical location of the sender determined by IP geolocation. This filter was implemented as a plugin to the SpamAssassin anti-spam software. The plugin allows to define a penalty score for specific countries sending spam. The proposed filter was tested on a dataset of 1500 e-mails consisting of 1200 spam and 300 legitimate e-mails. The Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) of the filter has a value of 0.2223. This indicates that the proposed spam filter contributes to the correct spam filtering.

Keywords

geographical location;geolocation;spam filter

Authors

CAHA, T.; KOVAŘÍK, M.

Released

22. 9. 2022

Publisher

Slovak University of Technology

Location

Bratislava

ISBN

1339-309X

Periodical

Journal of Electrical Engineering

Year of study

73

Number

4

State

Slovak Republic

Pages from

292

Pages to

298

Pages count

7

URL

https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2022-0038

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/208456

BibTex

@article{BUT178478,
  author="Tomáš {Caha} and Martin {Kovařík}",
  title="Spam Filter Based On Geographical Location Of The Sender",
  journal="Journal of Electrical Engineering",
  year="2022",
  volume="73",
  number="4",
  pages="292--298",
  doi="10.2478/jee-2022-0038",
  issn="1339-309X",
  url="https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2022-0038"
}