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FTC Wants Comments on Email Authentication

Posted by michael on from the getting-an-earful dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Groklaw has the scoop. The Federal Trade Commission and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will co-host a two-day 'summit' November 9-10 to explore the development and deployment of technology that could reduce spam. The E-mail Authentication Summit will focus on challenges in the development, testing, evaluation, and deployment of domain-level authentication systems. The FTC will be accepting public comments until Sept. 30, 2004 via snail-mail or email (authenticationsummit at ftc.gov). The FTC has a list of 30 questions they would like answers/comments to. The list available in this PDF of the Federal Register Notice." In a related subject, reader Fortunato_NC submits this writeup of the sequence of events that led to Sender-ID's abandonment.

8 of 208 comments (clear)

  1. spam about spam by metallikop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seems like slashdot is being spammed with stories about spam.

  2. My comments? by cuzality · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will be sending my comments immediately by email. They'll know who I am.

    1. Re:My comments? by orthogonal · · Score: 4, Funny
      I will be sending my comments immediately by email. They'll know who I am.

      THIS AUTHENTICATED EMAIL
      HAS BEEN APPROVED
      AS CHRISTIAN AND PATRIOTIC
      BY THE
      REICHSPROTECTOR OF INFORMATION
      FOR THE UNITED HOMELAND
      by direction of
      JOHN D. ASHCROFT,
      REICHSMINISTER OF JUSTICE


      We want all your papers, please!

      And yes, we do know who you are, Citizen!

      CC: PATRIOT DATABASE, REICHSMINISTRY OF INFORMATION
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  3. for all the bots... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    authenticationsummit@ftc.gov

  4. Re:Another war on.... by JamesTRexx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will precision bombing be optional?

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  5. Re:The Hardest Issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I've bought snake-oil in the past, but I've never put it on my penis. Thanks for the tip!

  6. Why not do what the RIAA does? by telstar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not do what the RIAA does ... and sue the people receiving the spam? Seems like that'd fix the problem ... right? Right?

  7. Re:They won't be happy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    People who don't use throw-away accounts for risky correspondence are having anonymous sex without a condom.

    This is slashdot; this is the closest to anonymous sex you're likely to get.