Re: Sender authentication & zombies (was Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers)

2005-02-05 Thread Douglas Otis
On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 19:10, J.D. Falk wrote: > On 02/05/05, Douglas Otis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > DK or IIM makes it clear who is administering the server and this > > authentication permits reputation assessment. Add an account > > identifier, and the problem is nailed. > > Ah, so yo

Re: Sender authentication & zombies (was Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers)

2005-02-05 Thread Sean Donelan
On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, J.D. Falk wrote: > > DK or IIM makes it clear who is administering the server and this > > authentication permits reputation assessment. Add an account > > identifier, and the problem is nailed. > > Ah, so you're saying that only the reputation of individual > e-ma

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread John Levine
>That, on the other hand, gets you into trouble with rather stupid Spam >filters, that only accept mails from a server, if that server is also >MX for the senders domain. > >Yes, this is stupid, but that does not change the fact, that these >setups are out there. No, they're not. Large ISPs, sta

Re: Sender authentication & zombies (was Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers)

2005-02-05 Thread J.D. Falk
On 02/05/05, Douglas Otis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DK or IIM makes it clear who is administering the server and this > authentication permits reputation assessment. Add an account > identifier, and the problem is nailed. Ah, so you're saying that only the reputation of individual

Re: Sender authentication & zombies (was Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers)

2005-02-05 Thread Douglas Otis
On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 09:39 -0800, J.D. Falk wrote: > On 02/04/05, Douglas Otis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > SPF does nothing, and could actually damage the reputation of those > > domains that authorize the provider for their mailbox domain using > > SPF. These records can be read by the s

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread Edward B. Dreger
JH> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 19:18:53 - JH> From: Jørgen Hovland JH> A cryptographic signature would be a perfect guarantee as it can be JH> used for direct identification and authorisation if you were No, it's not direct. You trust whoever signed the key. Note that I agree PGP key signing is

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread Douglas Otis
On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 19:18 +, JÃrgen Hovland wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Edward B. Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > TV> From: Todd Vierling > > > > TV> The only way to be sure is via cryptographic signature. Barring > > TV> that level > > > > False. You imply that a crypt

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread Edward B. Dreger
AL> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:11:11 -0600 AL> From: Adi Linden AL> Now that we have established a "trust chain" an verify the sending user we AL> have an easy way (shuffling through mail logs is by no means easy in my AL> books) for support people to address SPAM complaints. Note that I'm ignorin

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread Jørgen Hovland
- Original Message - From: "Edward B. Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TV> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:53:07 -0500 (EST) TV> From: Todd Vierling TV> The only way to be sure is via cryptographic signature. Barring that level False. You imply that a crypto signature is a perfect guarantee, and t

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread Adi Linden
> Please explain how the "trust chain" does not verify the sending user. > "Malware will steal username/password" is not a valid answer, as the > same can apply equally to crypto keys. Now that we have established a "trust chain" an verify the sending user we have an easy way (shuffling through m

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread Edward B. Dreger
TV> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:53:07 -0500 (EST) TV> From: Todd Vierling TV> The only way to be sure is via cryptographic signature. Barring that level False. You imply that a crypto signature is a perfect guarantee, and that nothing else can provide equal assurance. TV> of immediate traceabil

Sender authentication & zombies (was Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers)

2005-02-05 Thread J.D. Falk
On 02/04/05, Douglas Otis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Attempting to detect spam trickled through thousands of compromised > systems sent through the ISP's mail servers, SPF does nothing, Nor is it purported to. Domain-based authentication schemes are intended to handle an ent

Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

2005-02-05 Thread Adi Linden
> > You should know all your users email addresses. > > You have got to be kidding. Not kidding. I have a mail system that handles mail for the example.com domain. I use SMTP AUTH as the only means to relay through the server. My expectation from my customers is that they will utilize this mail