Re: [Asrg] seeking comments on new RMX article

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

Folks,

>> An entire class of spam would be eliminated. That class is currently a
>> large percentage of the spam I get. Given, a lot of it will migrate into
>> other forms, but there will be approaches for dealing with those forms.

VS> People keep saying that, but never say how.  If you turned on RMX
VS> filtering in your MTA (postfix?) tonight, how much spam would be eliminated
VS> and how?  How much would be eliminated next week, month, or in 3 year?


And herein lies the key questions.  As Vernon notes, no one has offered a
careful, detailed response to these concerns.

d/

ps.  It strikes me that the RMX proposal is conceptually similar to the
old IDENT specification which purported to offer wonderful security but
was soundly rejected by the security community.



d/
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 Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
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