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Re: [Asrg] What are the IPs that sends mail for a domain?

2009-06-17 06:49:36


--On 16 June 2009 19:17:41 -0400 Daniel Feenberg <feenberg(_at_)nber(_dot_)org> 
wrote:


I predict that no significant amount of mail ever originates from IPV6.
Because it would be impossible to maintain a DNSBL for IPV6, I expect
that enough sites will decline all IPV6 mail that it won't pay to send
from it.
Consider that because a spammer could (spoof) a different IPV6 address
for every message, even a different 48 bit block for every messages, MTAs
will be left with only content analysis for spam blocking.

Which is why reputation services need to be based on sender domains, not IP addresses. Users can then whitelist as required, and use of IP addresses/domains without good positive reputation won't work very well.

The advantage of IPV6, of course, is that you'll never have to share an IP address with someone with poor reputation.

I don't expect
IPV4s will ever be so scarce that enough MTAs will start using them out
of necessity - ISPs will give each customer 4 IPV4 addresses with their
million address IPV6 range, and customers will use those 4 addresses for
the things that really need IPV4 - such as internet facing MTAs.



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Ian Eiloart
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