Re: [spfbis] [meta-issue] Mis-use of MAIL FROM for list authentication

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Wed, 04 May 2016 20:14 UTC

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To: S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com>, Stuart Gathman <stuart@gathman.org>, spfbis@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [spfbis] [meta-issue] Mis-use of MAIL FROM for list authentication
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Never one to consider the obvious as above mentioning, but I do 
appreciate the irony of this (frankly entirely valid 0complaint, given 
the nature of SPF's basic authentication premise...

d/

On 5/4/2016 11:29 AM, S Moonesamy wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
> At 10:40 04-05-2016, Stuart Gathman wrote:
>> When I post to the spfbis mailing list, I have to confirm my posting,
>> as the list uses MAIL FROM to identify the poster, and my MAIL FROM is
>> variable to make it signed and possible to validate:
>>
>>   Return-Path:
>> <mailto:SRS0=42CRp=Q5==stuart@gathman.org><SRS0=42CRp=Q5==stuart@gathman.org>
>>
>>
>> However, the list *should* be looking at the From: header, which is
>> also signed and validated by ietf:
>
> I am one of the list moderators for this mailing list.  The above is
> about an operational issue.  I can enquire about the issue or you, or
> anyone else, could send an email to ietf-action@ietf.org to enquire [1]
> about this issue.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
> 1. http://www.ietf.org/contact.html
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