Old ASRG Archives
Thursday, June 9th, 2005After sitting on my desk for six months, I finally got around to posting some of the old ASRG email archives. They can be found here.
After sitting on my desk for six months, I finally got around to posting some of the old ASRG email archives. They can be found here.
Industry/Standards cooperation
Thursday, June 2nd, 2005(This post was part of a separate "Standards Blog" which has been merged into my main blog) One of the recurring themes in standards development is the inevitable tug of war between standards bodies and the industry. Many times, specific companies may come up with different ways to solve the same ...
Something’s Cooking at the IETF with Email Authentication
Sunday, January 16th, 2005(This article was published by Circle-ID) DISCLAIMER: I do not have any inside knowledge regarding this nor have I discussed this with any IETF folks. This is based purely on publically available information. A few months ago, Ted Hardie (AD of Applications for the IETF) informed the MARID WG in the closure ...
2004: The Year That Promised Email Authentication
Saturday, December 25th, 2004(This article was published at Circle-ID) As the year comes to a close, it is important to reflect on what has been one of the major actions in the anti-spam arena this year: the quest for email authentication. With email often called the "killer app" of the Internet, it is important ...
Larry Seltzer on Sender-ID
Thursday, October 28th, 2004eWeek just published an opinion piece on Sender-ID written by Larry Seltzer. In general it reflects the same line of thinking that I used myself. However, I do want to take issue with something he says in the end of the article: Personally, I'm sick and tired of the lack of ...
MARID is dead
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004This was published on Circle-ID. As long suspected by some, the IETF is going to be closing up the MARID WG according to today's post by Ted Hardie, co-AD for Applications. Larry Seltzer of eWeek was right on target about this: The rest of the SID standards process will now be a ...
Analysis of Sender-ID patents
Saturday, September 18th, 2004My former co-chair as the ASRG, John Levine, published an analysis of Sender-ID�s patent application. Along with other opinions offered in the MARID WG, it seems that the patent may very well cover SPF Classis which only does MAIL FROM checking. Considering that Paul Vixie�s and David Green�s drafts predate ...
Groklaw on Sender-ID
Wednesday, September 8th, 2004Pamela Jones of GrokLaw posted two stories on Sender-ID tonight: one on the current controversy and a second on the compromise/apparent death of Sender-ID. I got some quotes in both!
Death of Sender-ID and Compromise?
Wednesday, September 8th, 2004Andy Newton, co-chair of MARID, posted an interesting proposal for a compromise today to the MARID list. First of all, to no one's suprise he stated that IPR issues would block Sender-ID approval due to lack of consensus on deployment: It is the opinion of the co-chairs at this time (before ...
Interview with Larry Rosen
Tuesday, September 7th, 2004Newforge is carrying an interesting interview with Larry Rosen, general counsel for OSI. Among some of the more interesting tidbits: And the second point: I don't have any basis for making the statement that the patent itself is valid or invalid. First, no one has seen the patent, because it is ...
