On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 2:31 PM Murray S. Kucherawy <superu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 11:22 AM Todd Herr <todd.herr= > 40valimail....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote: > >> Why is the mechanism called "Domain-based Message Authentication, >> Reporting, and Conformance" and not "Domain-based Message Authentication, >> Reporting, and Disposition"? Perhaps a better question, why is >> "conformance" in the name of the mechanism? >> > > Two reasons I can think of: > > 1) "Conformance" describes the test as to whether a message meets the > required authentication test(s). And one can reasonably infer from > "Conformance" that a message which doesn't conform to the published > authentication policy will be dealt with accordingly. > > 2) DMARC's antecedents (e.g., ADSP) were still part of what we considered > email authentication, which is covered by the "A". > > -MSK > "Conformance" was about conformance to the requested policy disposition. We (dmarc.org participants) tossed around various acronyms as we discussed the name. I'll also point out that the immediate antecedent to DMARC was MOOCOW. ADSP was not a consideration other than problems to avoid. "Authentication" referenced authenticating the domain associated with the RFC822 From email address. Michael Hammer
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