Firewalls: Re: Authentication of e-mail

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Subject:	Re: Authentication of e-mail
From:	doug @ seas . smu . edu (Doug Davis)
Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 1994 13:48:39 -0600 (CST)
To:	Mark-Ludwig @ uai . com (Mark R. Ludwig)
Cc:	firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	<9403071918 . AA18413 @ hp . uai . com> from "Mark R. Ludwig" at Mar 7, 94 11:18:28 am

> It is utterly futile to put any effort into trying to authenticate the
> sender of RFC 821 mail.

Actually we do a pretty good job of it using the tap protocol. It
works real well spotting forgeries on the local network machines
which all run pauthd.

References:

Authentication of e-mail
From: "Mark R. Ludwig" <Mark-Ludwig @ uai . com>

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