On March 5, 2024 3:46:39 PM UTC, Alessandro Vesely <[email protected]> wrote:
>Todd Herr writes:
>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM Alessandro Vesely <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> in section 5.5.1, Publish an SPF Policy for an Aligned Domain, the last
>>> sentence says:
>>> 
>>>                                     The SPF record SHOULD be constructed
>>>     at a minimum to ensure an SPF pass verdict for all known sources of
>>>     mail for the RFC5321.MailFrom domain.
>>> 
>>> As we learnt, an SPF pass verdict has to be granted to /trusted/ sources
>>> only.  An additional phrase about using the neutral qualifier ("?") for
>>> public sources might also be added.
>> 
>> To further this discussion, please define "public sources", compare and
>> contrast that definition to the definition of "private sources", and then
>> describe which sources are "trusted" and by whom.
>
>
>*public sources* is a set of IP addresses used by an operator who sends mail 
>on behalf of its customers, not by assigning different addresses to different 
>customers, but according to whatever other criteria which mixes them up.
>
>*private sources* are IP addresses in exclusive use by a domain.
>
>A public source can be *trusted* by its customers if it reliably filters 
>outgoing mail by ensuring that messages sent by a given customer contain From: 
>domains owned by that customer.
>
>That's obviously too long to go on the I-D.  The point has to be expressed in 
>one or two sentences.  Certainly, we cannot recommend an insecure practice.
>
Maybe something like trusted to prevent cross user forgery with a link to RFC 
7208 11.4 (which explains what that means).

Scott K

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