Theodore Ts'o wrote:
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 07:57:14AM +1200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Hold on though. At the moment the text says, among other things,
Note that other groups may also distribute
working documents as Internet-Drafts. ...
We know this doesn't prevent marketing people from telling lies
about the status of a document, but the IETF doesn't do so.
Well, maybe someone like Miles should consider writing an I-D "DMARC
considered harmful", which advises users impacted by Yahoo's diastrous
implementation of DMARC to find another e-mail provider.
Perhaps the metaphorical swatting the nose of these other groups with
a newspaper will help encourage them to avoid abusing the IETF's
reputation in order to market their specification.
- Ted
Hmm. Good idea. Though I think John Levine's piece pretty much IS
"DMARC considered harmful" - just needs to be titled!
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg87153.html
Yahoo breaks every mailing list in the world including the IETF's
As are some of Hector Santos' posts to various lists, re. the recent
debacle.
Both of whom are probably far more qualified to address the technical
details (on this one, I can talk primarily from the perspective of
operational pain, and having to deal with the fallout).
John, Hector - want to collaborate on a "DMARC considered harmful"
Internet draft?
Miles
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra