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Re: Response to the Bellovin Critique of SPF

2004-01-25 12:43:40
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 10:52:22AM -0600, wayne wrote:
Phishing is going to be very hard to stop.  However, comparing the
envelope-from with the From: header goes a very long ways.

Actually, that's starting to be implemented. MS Outlook 2003 now
displays the From: field thus:

        From: service(_at_)paypal(_dot_)com on behalf of 
bad(_at_)spammer(_dot_)com

It's a step.  Still forgeable, but that's what SPF is for ;-)

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