<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">On 17 Feb 2019, at 8:03 PM, Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan <<a href="mailto:giri@dombox.org" class="">giri@dombox.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">...<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">White Paper -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.dombox.org/dombox.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://www.dombox.org/dombox.pdf</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Viruthagiri -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It does not appear that you require anything from this community, as it appears from reading your white paper that your proposed solution relies upon existing Internet protocols and extensions (e.g. SMTP, SPF, DNS, DNS TXT RR types, etc.) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One of the nice things about the Internet is that folks can generally innovate without seeking permission from anyone – the protocols are mostly agnostic about the things running over them, so you can implement and promote your solution today – nothing prevents you from moving ahead, and if you have created something that is truly valuable, then you should have no trouble finding investors, customers, and partners for your proposed solution. If your proposed solution doesn’t prove to have a useful return on investment, then that instead shall become apparent. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Either way, until such time your solution is deployed widely enough to significantly impact network operations, it’s unlikely to be a particularly relevant topic for discussion here. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/John</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>