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On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 02:30:05PM -0600, James Nelson wrote:
> I like the idea of SPF, but hate all the proposed implementations. I have
> always been in favor of an MTA registry that would be able to produce a
> policed DNSWL that we could use.
>
> In doing some searching today, I came across web-o-trust.org. Have any of
> you looked at them or are currently using them?
>
> The nicest thing I noticed write away, is that they have already created the
> m4 coded needed to make a DNSWL work. No if I could only compile my own
> list of good MTAs from ISPs across the land I would be in heaven.
>

There are proposals out there that offer this sort of WL without a
centralized repository for the data.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark C. Langston [mailto:mark@bitshift.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:40 PM
> To: spamassassin-users@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: OT: web-o-trust.org
>
> There are proposals out there that offer this sort of WL without a
> centralized repository for the data.


Yes, but a centralized system is what is required in my opinion for maximum
effectiveness.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 03:00:50PM -0600, James Nelson wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark C. Langston [mailto:mark@bitshift.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:40 PM
> > To: spamassassin-users@incubator.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: OT: web-o-trust.org
> >
> > There are proposals out there that offer this sort of WL without a
> > centralized repository for the data.
>
>
> Yes, but a centralized system is what is required in my opinion for maximum
> effectiveness.


And a centralized system provides:

1) A single target
2) A single point of failure
3) A "who watches the watchers" problem regarding trust in the
centralized authority
4) Any number of other issues I could have any given cypherpunk rattle
on for hours about, rather vehemently.


--
Mark C. Langston Sr. Unix SysAdmin
mark@bitshift.org mark@seti.org
Systems & Network Admin SETI Institute
http://bitshift.org http://www.seti.org

Mark C. Langston <mark@bitshift.org> wrote:
>> Yes, but a centralized system is what is required in my opinion for
>> maximum effectiveness.
>
> And a centralized system provides:
>
> 1) A single target
> 2) A single point of failure
> 3) A "who watches the watchers" problem regarding trust in the
> centralized authority
> 4) Any number of other issues I could have any given cypherpunk rattle
> on for hours about, rather vehemently.


It's good to see we can find agreement about somethings! ;-)

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