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[Shutup] Proposed Charter for the "SMTP Headers Unhealthy To User Privacy" WG

SM <sm@resistor.net> Sun, 06 December 2015 05:31 UTC

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Subject: [Shutup] Proposed Charter for the "SMTP Headers Unhealthy To User Privacy" WG
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Hello,

I took a look at the proposed charter [1].  The proposed work looks 
like a Received header field shutup.  Is that based on RFC 7624?  The 
discussion in that RFC, specifically Section 3.3.4, focuses on IP 
addresses.  The proposed charter mentions leaking address and timing 
information.  Is that IP addresses?

   "Header fields in Email messages can reveal private information to an
   observer that might be used for attacking an organization or an"

An attack on organization is a security issue; it isn't a privacy 
issue.  The privacy issue is about mail-related metadata which can be 
collected by state surveillance agencies.  Will the proposed working 
group attempt to fix that?

Regards,
-sm

1. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/shutup/current/msg00001.html

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