Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-08-13 Thread Michael Deutschmann
On Mon, 12 Aug 2013, Roland Turner wrote: I mean what benefit would a receiver enjoy over not implementing it at all? It would be a spam filter basically. Being an anti-forgery protocol, it would have a high false negative rate compared to dedicated anti-spam techniques (since unforged spam

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-08-04 Thread John Levine
My problem is that absent a draft, you're lobbing a vague proposal over the wall and hoping the community will do all of the work for you. That was my sense, too. Writing a draft and submitting it is not a huge effort (at least, not if you know what you're going to say), and it has the advantage

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-08-02 Thread Michael Deutschmann
On 22 Jul 2013, John R. Levine wrote: EDSP would be tier 1 both senderside and receiverside. That's its selling point. ... TPA ADSP enhancements are tier 1 receiverside and just-barely-above tier 3 senderside. ... Did I miss some I-Ds describing these? TPA ADSP is Otis' baby, not

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-08-02 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Michael Deutschmann mich...@talamasca.ocis.net wrote: Your question about drafts has two possible implications. The first is I'm not going to pay any attention to Michael until he takes up RFC lawyering. In which case I can't help you. My problem is that

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-07-22 Thread Douglas Otis
On Jul 14, 2013, at 2:38 AM, Michael Deutschmann mich...@talamasca.ocis.net wrote: EDSP would be tier 1 both senderside and receiverside. That's its selling point. The dkim=except-mlist ADSP enhancement I suggested back in 2011 would be tier 2 receiverside and just-slightly-below tier 1

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-07-22 Thread John R. Levine
EDSP would be tier 1 both senderside and receiverside. That's its selling point. ... TPA ADSP enhancements are tier 1 receiverside and just-barely-above tier 3 senderside. ... Did I miss some I-Ds describing these? Regards, John Levine, jo...@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of The Internet

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-07-14 Thread Michael Deutschmann
On Tue, 2 Jul 2013, Alessandro Vesely wrote: That's off in the weeds. EDSP would not take any notice of i=, and is not there to enhance SRS -- rather it's something of a competitor. (Both try to make return path validation work in spite of forwarding.) The point is what any of them might

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-07-02 Thread Alessandro Vesely
(subject adjusted) A sender using SRS would need to maintain a database of valid addresses. However, that task can become unduly complicated if the database has to be kept in sync across several distant hosts. A digital signature can substantially complement the security of the

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-07-02 Thread Michael Deutschmann
On Tue, 2 Jul 2013, Alessandro Vesely wrote: (subject adjusted) A sender using SRS would need to maintain a database of valid addresses. [...] That's where EDSP can save the day. That's off in the weeds. EDSP would not take any notice of i=, and is not there to enhance SRS -- rather it's

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-07-02 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On Tue 02/Jul/2013 17:37:20 +0200 Michael Deutschmann wrote: On Tue, 2 Jul 2013, Alessandro Vesely wrote: (subject adjusted) A sender using SRS would need to maintain a database of valid addresses. [...] That's where EDSP can save the day. That's off in the weeds. EDSP would not take any

Re: [ietf-dkim] That weird i= is most probably EDSP

2013-07-02 Thread Michael Deutschmann
On Tue, 2 Jul 2013, Alessandro Vesely wrote: So, if the bounce they get has text/rfc822-headers only, they [...] This is getting OT, but you can't even count on getting text/rfc822-headers in a bounce. I use Exim, a very popular MTA with the latest stable release just 8 months old, and it