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Re: [Trans] CT for opportunistic STARTTLS in SMTP

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Tue, 25 February 2014 17:53 UTC

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On Feb 25, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Ben Laurie <benl@google.com> wrote:

>> At the earlier CT meeting, I think someone proposed that there could be a check that the cert was in actual use at the place it said it was.
> 
> That does not seem effective to me.

It is more effective than doing nothing; it may not be effective enough to prevent overwhelm by spam. I was just pointing it out as something that was proposed, not well-thought-out.

--Paul Hoffman

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