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Re: Question: [spf-discuss] Re: SPF basics commentary

2007-01-29 14:48:22
At 01:51 PM 1/29/2007 -0600, Don Lee wrote:

Can someone provide a pointer to more information about what is outlined
here?  I am not aware of a "reputation service" that works like this.

It's still in the works.  http://open-mail.org/Registry.html

Also, its not a "reputation service", but a "clearinghouse" where reputation and authentication data from other sources may be kept.

We do have a "stub" reputation service, which I am populating with my own personal preferences as to which domains get A or B ratings, but I am not suggesting others use it just yet. The plan is that we will accumulate statistics on the ham/spam ratio for each domain, and from those statistics, generate the domain ratings automatically.

You are welcome to participate in our beta testing, if you are as eager to get started as I am, and can tolerate the usual lack of polish in an unfinished product.

-- Dave
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>At 06:56 PM 1/27/2007 -0500, John A. Martin wrote:
>
>> >>>>> "David" == David MacQuigg
>> >>>>> "Re: SPF basics commentary"
>> >>>>> (Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:00:56 -0700)
>>
>>     David> For most SPF records, the HELO and Return Address
>>     David> authorizations should be one and the same.
>>
>>Does that mean that the domain part of the address given in the MAIL
>>FROM should be the same as the FQDN used in the HELO command?
>
>No, just that the mailfrom domain match the last few parts of the hostname in the HELO command. This still leaves a little confusion as to how many parts to include when we look at a HELO name like mx1.example.co.uk. (We haven't seen the MAIL FROM command yet.) What we do is start by looking up the record for co.uk:
>$ dig txt co.uk.s-id.net +short
>"opt=IDlevel:3"
>This tells us that records in this domain are kept at level 3. A second query then produces the desired result:
>$ dig txt example.co.uk.s-id.net +short
>"svc=S1:A,M2:A,H1:B ip4=192.168.0.0/24"
>This domain has ratings from three reputation services, and is authorized to transmit from one block of IP addresses.
>
>-- Dave


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