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IETF Movements in Email Authentication
Posted May 20, 2005 – 5:36 pm by Yakov Shafranovich in Spam and EmailWhile email authentication is no longer such hot topic as it was last year, nevertheless the two main proposals (SPF and Sender-ID) are moving slowly through the IETF process to become experimental protocols. Both just published new drafts (spf and sender-id [1], [2] and [3]). At the same time it is interesting to note that Sender-ID has been placed on the next telechat agenda for the IESG. While SPF has not been put on the IESG telechat, it will probably follow shortly.
What does this mean in simple non-IETF-speak terms? These two proposals may finally be approved by the IETF for experimental use - a long path that started way back in the ASRG two years ago. It still remains to be seen whether either one will be deployed and widely used, especially considering the pending patent applications that Microsoft has on Sender-ID and their GPL-incompatible license.
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