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Re: consensus call on pra/mailfrom deployment and versioning/scope

2004-09-08 12:15:26

On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 11:19, Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
Jim Fenton wrote:
At 11:45 AM 9/8/2004 -0400, Meng Weng Wong wrote:

Step 2: HELO bob.mta MAIL FROM:<alice> SUBMITTER=<bob> RCPT
TO:<robert> DATA Resent-From: <bob>

At step 2, the receiver can apply spf/HELO tests (or SPF Lite or
CSV or even IP based whitelisting) to bob.mta, and approve the
forwarder based on that.

The receiver can also apply spf/SUBMITTER tests to <bob>, and
approve the forwarder based on that.

Wouldn't this require a PRA check to verify that SUBMITTER is
consistent with the message headers, and wouldn't that be encumbered?

No, SUBMITTER would be compared against the Sender-ID records directly 
without touching the headers.

This means there would be no record which identity was used to permit
the message.  What an ideal way to spoof.

-Doug


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