Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC problem
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Thu, 17 April 2014 20:53 UTC
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:53:32 -0400
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC problem
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On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 08:06:35AM +1200, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > > > The Reply-To: field is adjusted to be the author's address, > > Oh, OK. Most UAs will probably do what you describe, but I think > there are exceptions. However, if I want to reply to the author > alone, it's now the simple Reply that will fail me, because it > will reply to the list. And in my mail folders, messages will > all appear to come from the list; if I want to find the message > that Sabahattin sent me two years ago, I can't, because my UA > doesn't allow for searching on the Reply-To field. > > It's still got very poor semantics. It's all about semantics, isn't? Suppose we made the mailing list software take the contents of the >From field, and moved it to something like "X-Originally-From: ", and changed the From field to be "ietf@ietf.org". That would be what the DMARC people would want, right? Except then, a couple of years later, because users might actually want to find the message that was written by "Brian Carpenter", or "Sabahattin Gucukoglu", and not from "ietf@ietf.org", MUA's might start using the Originally-From field in the summary field, and start emphasizing the "Originally-From" from field in the UI. At which point, the spammer/scammer/whatever could start forging the the "Originally-From" field, and then Lo! There will be a DMARC II, demanding that "Originally-From" field be aligned with the From field, and we're right back to where we started. It was the same argument about why a DKIM or DMARC couldn't just verify the Sender field, and call it a day. The problem is that the >From field is what people pay attention to. And this is true of whatever solution we want to better support mailing lists. Suppose the answer is to rewrite the from field to something like this: From: ietf-resend+brian.e.carpenter=gmail.com@ietf.org Or this: From: ietf@ietf.org (Originally from Brian E Carpenter: brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com) It doesn't matter. Eventually, the UA's will start emphasizing and parsing out the original From field information, because that's what people will want to be automatically added to their address book, and not ietf@ietf.org, and that's what they will want to see in their e-mail summary. And then the DMARC folk will say, "Oh, Noes! Spammers and scammers and bears, oh my! They are using this loophole to fool the naive user." We must have DMARC II... and DMARC III.... and DMARC IV.... and it will never end. - Ted
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- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Theodore Ts'o
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Mark Andrews
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
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- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
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- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Theodore Ts'o
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
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- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dick Franks
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dave Crocker
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Doug Royer
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
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- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Warren Kumari
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Murray S. Kucherawy
- RE: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… MH Michael Hammer (5304)
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Theodore Ts'o
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dick Franks
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Rolf E. Sonneveld
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dave Crocker
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dave Cridland
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dick Franks
- What I've been wondering about the DMARC problem Brian E Carpenter
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Doug Barton
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Doug Royer
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Ted Lemon
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Theodore Ts'o
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Scott Kitterman
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Theodore Ts'o
- What I've been wondering about the DMARC problem Abdussalam Baryun
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Sabahattin Gucukoglu
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Seth Johnson
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Seth Johnson
- RE: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… l.wood
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Douglas Otis
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Seth Johnson
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Dave Crocker
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Seth Johnson
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Paul Ferguson
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Hector Santos
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- RE: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… MH Michael Hammer (5304)
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Hector Santos
- RE: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… MH Michael Hammer (5304)
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Doug Royer
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Theodore Ts'o
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Michael Richardson
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Theodore Ts'o
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Sabahattin Gucukoglu
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Stephen Farrell
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Hector Santos
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Randy Bush
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Yoav Nir
- RE: DMARC and yahoo MH Michael Hammer (5304)
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Theodore Ts'o
- RE: DMARC and yahoo MH Michael Hammer (5304)
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Jim Fenton
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Miles Fidelman
- RE: DMARC and yahoo l.wood
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Douglas Otis
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… John C Klensin
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Sabahattin Gucukoglu
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Theodore Ts'o
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… John Levine
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Martin Rex
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Doug Barton
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… John Levine
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Sabahattin Gucukoglu
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Sabahattin Gucukoglu
- RE: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… MH Michael Hammer (5304)
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- RE: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… MH Michael Hammer (5304)
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Doug Barton
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Theodore Ts'o
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Randy Bush
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… John C Klensin
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… John C Klensin
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Pete Resnick
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Jeffrey Altman
- Re: DMARC and yahoo John Levine
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Hector Santos
- Re: DMARC and yahoo John C Klensin
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Brian E Carpenter
- One size doesn't fit all [Re: DMARC ....] Brian E Carpenter
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dave Crocker
- Somebody always claims something (was Re: DMARC f… Dave Crocker
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Doug Barton
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Hector Santos
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Theodore Ts'o
- RE: DMARC and yahoo Christian Huitema
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Yoav Nir
- Re: DMARC and yahoo John Levine
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Dave Crocker
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Doug Royer
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Dave Crocker
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Douglas Otis
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… John Levine
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Brian E Carpenter
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Rolf E. Sonneveld
- Re: What I've been wondering about the DMARC prob… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC and yahoo Douglas Otis
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Doug Barton
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Martin Rex
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Doug Barton
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Martin Rex
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Scott Kitterman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Douglas Otis
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Scott Kitterman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Martin Rex
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… John R Levine
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Ted Lemon
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… ned+ietf
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Dave Crocker
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Martin Rex
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Douglas Otis
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
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- RE: The IETF environment Adrian Farrel
- Re: The IETF environment Miles Fidelman
- Re: The IETF environment Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Miles Fidelman
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: The IETF environment Abdussalam Baryun
- Re: The IETF environment Dale R. Worley
- Re: The IETF environment Brian E Carpenter
- Re: The IETF environment Dave Crocker
- Re: The IETF environment Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: DMARC from the perspective of the listadmin o… Hector Santos
- Re: The IETF environment S Moonesamy
- Re: The IETF environment Dave Crocker
- Re: The IETF environment Miles Fidelman
- RE: The IETF environment Christian Huitema
- Re: The IETF environment S Moonesamy
- Re: The IETF environment Miles Fidelman
- Workshop effects [Re: The IETF environment] Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Workshop effects [Re: The IETF environment] Abdussalam Baryun