Malcolm Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So why do you, and others, seem so upset with a proposal that > *is*, in at least some regards, more secure and more useful (to large > ISPs)?
I'm getting upset because I think that YASAF is vast overkill for the sender address forgery, while some people think it should be generally adopted *instead* of rivaling schemes like SPF due to Yahoo's 800lb Gorilla factor. > SPF doesn't meet their (Yahoo's) needs, for several reasons. It *isn't* > useless, but it's nowhere near as useful (to Yahoo and other large > ISPs) as the crypto solution. And it does diddly for the legal side of > the matter. I never demanded that Yahoo should adopt SPF instead of YASAF. It sure is Yahoo's right to deploy for themselves whatever fits *them* best. What I don't like is the outlook of 800lb Yahoo trying to impose whatever fits *them* best onto the world. Besides, from what I read on the news about YASAF, Yahoo seems to be trying to commercialize it[1]: | [...] Garlinghouse said Yahoo is seeking a patent on the DomainKeys | technology, but will license it at no charge to anyone who wants it. | Yahoo is also creating software that will add the capability to Qmail | and Sendmail, two of the most common e-mail server programs. This | software will be distributed free. [...] "free"? That sure *sounds* like "free bear", not "free speech". But we won't know for sure until we hear more from Yahoo. Let's wait and see... [1] http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2003/12/10/yahoo_pitches_antispam_system/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
