Re: Paper on Email Authentication (Authorization really) (was - Re: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?)

["J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () cybernothing org>]

On 06/13/05, "william(at)elan.net" <william () elan net> wrote: 

> In part 5, I also go through why none of the proposals are really 
> "anti-spam" and promotion of the methods as such is misleading. 

        No matter how the authors may "promote" their methods, most
        people don't perceive that there's any great separation between
        anti-spam and anti-forgery techniques.  As far as they're
        concerned, all e-mail threats are basically the same.

        E-mail authentication's promise is that it will improve the
        overall state of the global e-mail infrastructure.  Chopping
        that into smaller bits may be a fun intellectual exercise, but
        it doesn't help explain what's going on to anyone outside of
        our fairly small technology-focused circles.

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J.D. Falk                                              blong! you are a pickle!
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