--On 8 June 2006 16:54:40 +0100 David Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Ian Eiloart wrote: > >> --On 8 June 2006 12:39:22 +0100 David Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > The incoming email >> > would carry a header (of first line in body) of something like: >> > Authorised: sender-pw >> > >> > where "sender-pw" is associated with the (claimed) From-address. This >> > is different from, but complementary to, "Approved: list-pw". >> >> That's neither approval nor authorisation, it's authentication - proving >> that the person who used the email address also knew the password >> associated with it. [...] > > Thanks, Ian. I agree with that technical view. That suggests that the > header (of first line of body) would need to be something like: > Authenticated: sender-pw > > To the average non-techie managerial type, what terminology (Authorised? > Authenticated? etc.) is preferable? > Not "Authenticated". That implies that authentication has already occurred. What you're doing is supplying a token to be used for authentication. So, "Authentication" would be better. Or even "Password". Oh, and if it's an email header, shouldn't it be X-Authentication, or whatever? -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
