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February 24, 2004
Another tactic for SPAM, a "caller ID"
Internet Magazine - Microsoft/Sendmail deal. Spam is fundamentally an authentication problem. Who is sending the mail? Is it someone I want to receive stuff from? Are they who they say they are? Do I have a prior relationship with them? Today many spammers forge header details to hide their true origin. Today at RSA Microsoft introduced a plug-in to Sendmail's MTA that is basically an authentication signature. It lets the MTA verify the message source. There will be free and commercial versions of this. Something only Microsoft could push. Little steps. I wonder what has to happen on the publisher side? That hasn't been explained yet. Something too expensive on the sender side is not going to work.
Posted by Martin at February 24, 2004 2:30 PM
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I've been poking around for the last few years looking at how trusted relationships are built between electronic systems. As best I can tell, most people still use the old-fashioned 'let a person look at it' method to establish a trusted relationahip. Certificate technology does not seem to have replaced this on any sort of widespread scale. Seems like there is an oppurtunity here for a 'fast trust build' method that really works - especially in the consumer arena.
Posted by: chris at February 25, 2004 10:06 AM
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