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Re: [ietf-dkim] Mailsploit

2017-12-05 15:45:57

On Dec 5, 2017, at 1:36 PM, Dave Crocker <dcrocker(_at_)bbiw(_dot_)net> wrote:

On 12/5/2017 1:33 PM, Steve Atkins wrote:
It's a DMARC issue rather than a DKIM one.


How is it a DMARC issue?

From: {spoo-that-expands-to billing(_at_)paypal(_dot_)com\0}@badpeople.ru will 
be delivered and (on some clients) have a recipient-visible 822.From that looks 
like "From: billing(_at_)paypal(_dot_)com" despite not having a valid DKIM 
signature with a d=paypal.com nor matching paypal.com's published SPF record.

That's DMARC working exactly as designed but not as commonly understood, which 
makes it a DMARC issue (though a usability one of unmet expectations rather 
than anything technical).

Much the same as "From: billing(_at_)paypal(_dot_)com 
<whoever(_at_)badpeople(_dot_)ru>", or the various approaches that pad headers 
with various sorts of whitespace or v______e_____r_____y long local parts to 
hide the real domain part on mobile devices, etc.

Cheers,
  Steve
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