On Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 5:03 PM Julian Mehnle wrote:
Incite research on sender reputation. Perhaps build a
prototype reputation database.
Some questions from the floor, if I may! :-)
Isn't this being done already, and in a variety of ways? For example,
the MAPS RBL (now Kelkea/Trend Micro) is an example of a negative
reputation database which has been around since 1997 and now has many
successors, Spamhaus being the most notable one. Then there are the
positive reputatation databases such as that provided by my employer,
Habeas, and Bonded Sender. Then there is the SIQ group working on
reputation, as well as the non-public, proprietary reputation databases
such as the ones maintained by AOL and Hotmail/MSN. How is what you are
proposing different from these other projects, and is this within the
scope of SPF-oriented efforts? I know that sender authentication was
always intended to be supplemented by reputation services, but do you
really think the time has come for those working on SPF to begin
devoting attention to the reputation aspect?
Please don't get me wrong: I would dearly love to talk about reputation
services, and I'm delighted that you think it is a topic worth
discussing. I just question whether this is the right time and place to
do so.
Regards,
Nick
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Nick Nicholas
Knowledge Engineer
Habeas Inc.
650-694-3320
nick(_at_)habeas(_dot_)com
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