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RE: SUBMITTER is a bad idea

2004-06-04 03:48:29
Michael R. Brumm wrote:
SRS:
  ugly
  not exploitable
  requires upgrading only the MTAs which forward

SUBMITTER:
  pretty
  bounce forgery is exploitable
  requires upgrading ALL MTA which want to receive a forward
   (much larger pool)

Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
Resurrecting Deprecated Reverse Source Path:
  pretty
  bounce forgery is exploitable (fixable with SES, btw.  See
    suggestion for validating SES via DNS instead of CBV.)
  requires upgrading (or downgrading :-) only the MTAs which forward

Seth Goodman wrote:
Absolutely.  This is already in the RFC's, it won't break any MTA's that
don't implement the protocol and it requires no new ESMTP parameters.  This
really seems like a pretty obvious choice.

Ok, anyone got anything written up on various implications of resurrecting 
reverse source path for use with SPF?

And, if you need to add SES to reverse source path to prevent bounce forgery, 
then why not just use SRS?

Michael R. Brumm