On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Ryan Malayter wrote:
[Stuart D. Gathman]
The current SPFv1 can be "SPF LAYER 1", designed to handle the RFC2821
validation. The new SPF, "SPF LAYER 2", can then incorporate the RFC2822
validation that many people (including myself) believe is necessary. As
you mention XML allows for a lot of options here, and this is the
"layer" people would be free to ignore if they hate the idea of XML, ...
There could even be an "SPF LAYER 3" some day that does full per-user
crypto from MTA to MTA, or something like that...
All of these "layers" can then evolve and exist somewhat on their own,
and yet still be part of the branded "SPF family" that is designed to
provide varying degrees of authentication to email. Reputation systems
will evolve for each layer. The marketplace can decide which layers
succeed and which ones fail.
Amen. I really like the idea of independent authentication "layers".
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