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Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:31:42 +1000 (EST)
From: Craig Ian Dewick Cc: Oz-ISP, aussie-isp Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0506121630140.12879@lios.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20050612030327.GD6237@taz.net.au> References: <200506110137.j5B1b3EI030170@mailout2.pacific.net.au> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0506111840570.1517-100000@home.albury.net.au> <20050612030327.GD6237@taz.net.au> Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] Helo Pacific |
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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Craig Sanders wrote: > (*) contrary to misguided popular opinion, SPF is *NOT* a spam-blocking > device, it is an anti-forgery device. it allows the owner of a domain to > specify which hosts are allowed to send mail claiming to be from that > domain. if more banks used it, then phishing would be nowhere near as > significant a problem. > > citibank.com, at least, publishes an SPF record. too bad westpac doesn't > have enough clue to do that. actually, it looks like all the australian > banks are clueless about this - NONE of the australian banks i queried > publish SPF records. Do any MTA's use the SPF data by default, or does it need to be enabled via config options? Is the data of any use to an MTA in the first place? Is there any benefit to having the MTA use it for domain anti-spoofing? Regards, Craig. -- Craig Dewick (c r a i g @ p o i s o n . l i o s . a p a n a . o r g . a u http://lios.apana.org.au/~craig APANA Sydney Deputy Regional Co-ordinator. Operator of Jedi (APANA Sydney POP) Always striving for a secure long-term future in an insecure short-term world Have you exported a crypto system today? Do your bit to undermine the NSA. ---- email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. |
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