The
Internet Engineering Task Force met in Taipei in mid-November. Cloudmark was in attendance, working to advance several things through the IETF processes, including
- a new working group that will produce protocols and advice documents relevant to reputation services (see my previous posts about DKIM and domain reputation);
- creation of a working group seeking advancement of SPF to the standards track; and
- a working group to develop and standardize a more useful replacement to the only-somewhat-useful WHOIS service.
There's already active interest in all three of these areas.
We're also championing the work of some best practices documents covering things like greylisting and handling of malformed mail, both with input from the
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group.
And we're keeping an eye on developments in the web and IPv6 communities within IETF, with an eye towards how those changes will affect messaging security.
For more information, contact us through your representatives, or find us through the various IETF mailing lists dedicated to those purposes.
The next meeting is at the end of March in Paris. We'll be there!
