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[mailto:owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of Daniel
Taylor
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [spf-discuss] SPF and Responsibility
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terry(_at_)ashtonwoodshomes(_dot_)com wrote:
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|>From: owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
|>[mailto:owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of Mark
Shewmaker
|>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:35 PM
|>To: spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
|>Subject: RE: [spf-discuss] SPF and Responsibility
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|>
|>On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 07:39, terry(_at_)greatgulfhomes(_dot_)com wrote:
|>
|>>You are correct in that the wording of the spec is misleading.
|>
|>This is the current wording:
|>
|> 5.2 Pass
|>
|> An SMTP server receiving this result SHOULD treat the message as
|> authentic. It may accept or reject the message
depending on other
|> policies.
|>
|>How is that misleading?
|>
|
|
| It's misleading because "the message is authentic" might be better
worded as "the sender domain of
| the message is authentic"
|
| And that's because I suspect to a lot of people authentic means:
| (1) Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust,
reliance, or belief
| Rather then:
| (2) Having a claimed and verifiable origin or authorship
|
| (1) is what something like PGP does
| (2) is really what SPF does
Not in the least.
You have a misguided idea of what "trust" means in this context.
No, I don't, I interpret "authentic" to mean (2). But I'll bet Mark Shewmaker
believes it means
(1).
And FYI: I took those 2 definitions of "authentic" straight out of websters
dictionary, hence there
is potential for a LOT of people who may believe authentic means (1) rather
then (2).
All trust means here is that you are who you say you are.
Iff you believe authentic means (2).
There is no value judgment on content expressed or implied
by trust in the security sense.
I agree 100%
Terry Fielder
Manager Software Development and Deployment
Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
terry(_at_)greatgulfhomes(_dot_)com
Fax: (416) 441-9085