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

Mon Jun 13 20:45:39 UTC 2005

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