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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 ...

FTC, Microsoft and Sender-ID

Tuesday, November 9th, 2004

As FTC's email authentication summit takes place today in Washington (together with IETF's 61st meeting), several interesting things are afoot. First of all, the "industry" published a letter of support for Sender-ID including a signature from Meng Wong, the author of SPF. Declan McCullagh of CNET reported today on the ...

If you fail, try again

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004

Having failed to push Sender-ID through the IETF, Microsoft is trying again - through the Federal Government. William Leibzon an extract of Microsoft's comments submitted to the FTC: The test of whether Sender ID or any other proposed solution is an open standard is not Whether it has been ratified through ...

FTC to Hold Email Authentication Summit

Monday, September 27th, 2004

FTC and NIST will be hosting an E-mail Authentication Summit on November 9th and 10th. Incidently this is the same week as IETF's 61st conference and also in Washington. More information at the FTC and GrokLaw. Of course the main question is whether Uncle Sam will mandate a specific standard.