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Spammers Most Likely Users of Email Authentication


From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:05:39 -0400



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From: "Esther Dyson"<edyson () edventure com>
Sent: 13/07/05 6:13:40 PM
To: "dave () farber net"<dave () farber net>, "Ip ip"<ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Spammers Most Likely Users of Email Authentication

the point is not that identity is good or bad. the point is that identity 
is a pointer so that you can relatively reliably check the reputation of 
someone/thing.  Authentication means little without a reputation system in 
the background.

Esther Dyson

At 06:42 AM 7/13/2005, David Farber wrote:


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From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
Date: July 12, 2005 6:27:31 PM EDT
To: Dave <dave () farber net>
Subject: Spammers Most Likely Users of Email Authentication


http://tinyurl.com/cnltn

Spammers Most Likely Users Of E-Mail Authentication
By Gregg KeizerMon Jul 11, 3:40 PM ET

On the eve of an industry summit to discuss how e-mail authentication
can stem the flood of spam, one security firm says that spammers are


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