[ietf-dkim] SSP = FAILURE

Scott Kitterman ietf-dkim at kitterman.com
Sat Sep 9 10:40:27 PDT 2006


On Saturday 09 September 2006 13:26, John Levine wrote:
> >The best way to help end-users avoid getting phished it to not accept
> >phishing messages for delivery.  DKIM-SSP where strict policy
> >statements are published offer a mechanism for this.
>
> I get a message from security at ebay-verify.com.  It has a valid
> signature.  I check the SSP for ebay-verify.com, which says "MAJOR
> PHISHING TARGET, ACCEPT ONLY WITH SIGNATURE."  So I drop it into the
> recipient's mailbox with a gold star on it.
>
> What have we just accomplished?
>
A bad thing.  Don't put the gold star on it.  That would be a mistake.

Scott K


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