Microsoft Adds Sender ID Anti-Spoofing Protocol To Exchange 2003 SP2
Watch this spot for updates, because if I recall correctly, there was a lot of turmoil last year in the IETF when Microsoft wanted to use their sender ID authentication mechanism(s) as a draft standard... or maybe I'm confused.
In any event, this announcement comes to us via TechWeb News.
When it launches later this year, Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) will support Sender ID, Microsoft's sender authentication scheme, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer said.
The addition of Sender ID to Exchange 2003 SP2 will be the first time Microsoft's mail server includes an authentication technology, although Microsoft has been pushing the scheme for more than a year. It's also been using Sender ID on its free Hotmail e-mail service, where it claimed the authentication has reduced spam and phishing scams, although it hasn't released hard numbers.
Sender ID, like other authentication protocols, verifies the sending IP address against the purported owner of that domain. The goal is to reduce address spoofing, where spammers and phishers disguise their true identities.
posted by Fergie @ 6/07/2005 10:59:00 AM
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