[Fwd: Re: [ILUG] opinions on DKIM]

[Rick Moen]

Quoting paul at clubi.ie (paul at clubi.ie):

> What *high-level* problem are we trying to solve here?

The bad guys' ability to believably Joe-job reputable domains.

> *What* is the point then?

The point is that people being able to programmatically determine that
mail purporting to come from my reputable domain is, in fact, forged is
A Good Thing.  This is why my domains all publish SPF RRs.  (I don't yet
do DKIM.)

>   - the problems could be fixed just easily by using *EXISTING* RFCs

Not Joe-jobs.