, SecurityFocus 2006-04-20
A host of software companies, security firms and Internet service providers met in Chicago on Wednesday to urge corporations and bulk message senders to adopt e-mail authentication technologies.
Expand all |
Post comment
E-mail authentication gaining steam
2006-04-20
Todd Knarr (2 replies)
Todd Knarr (2 replies)
Re: E-mail authentication gaining steam
2006-04-20
Anonymous (4 replies)
Anonymous (4 replies)
At the moment spammers can choose ANY domain name to claim to send there spam from, but when email authentication is wide spread they will have to choose a domain that they can configure to allow there botnets to send spam from.
This gives us 2 things we don't have now, firstly we can ask the domain registrar to cancel the domain name when it's used for spam, forcing the spammer to have to buy many throw away domains, increasing there costs very slightly.
and secondly we have a better way to trace spammers - the ip they used to buy the domain name, and the financial details they did it with.
While none of these "new" things are earth shattering, they are useful, and increase our capabilities.
[ reply ]
Link to this comment: http://www.securityfocus.com/comments/articles/11388/33781#33781