On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
I have asked repeatedly for a specific fault in Sender-ID.
The only response
that has been given is a repeat of the vague claim that the
protocol is
flawed and cannot work.
http://www.imc.org/ietf-mxcomp/mail-archive/msg02817.html
http://www.imc.org/ietf-mxcomp/mail-archive/msg02818.html
More proof by non-existent reference.
These are pointers to issues that have already been raised, are not
considered critical and in any case fall far short of the claims
made by Dean of Death of the Internet: News at 11.
Sure this form of authentication is not going to work for everyone.
Nobody has ever claimed complete coverage. For those Sender-ID serves
it is cheap and efficient.
Claims that a system will not work are of a very different order to
claims that the system will bring down the Internet.