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Apache Project Rejects Sender ID
The Apache Project (apache.org) has rejected the Sender ID proposal for email user authentication because of the incompatibilities between Microsoft's (microsoft.com) license for the technology and open source software, according to a report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com).
Greg Stein, chairman of Apache, said in a letter that Apache would not implement Sender ID because the current Microsoft license is "generally incompatible with open source." He added, in the same letter, that the license agreement was also contrary to the practice of open Internet standards and incompatible with the Apache License 2.0.
Sender ID is designed to combat the problem of spam, requiring DNS records to be published by outbound mail servers. It verifies that each email message originates from the Internet domain it claims to come from based on the sender's server IP address. The technology combines Microsoft's former Caller ID with Sender Policy Framework, a protocol written by Meng Weng Wong and previously supported by such ISPs as AOL, Yahoo and British Telecom
Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation (gnu.org), also opposes Sender ID. He reportedly said the Sender ID proposal was an example of Microsoft's strategy of destroying open source software as an alternative to Windows.
SenderID is being supported by some Web hosting and Internet service providers, however. Web hosting provider Go Daddy (godaddy.com) integrated Sender ID earlier this week. Linux supporters generally oppose the Microsoft-backed approach.
Industry leaders believe Sender ID will likely be adopted as an industry standard, however they generally agree it is doubtful the technology can completely end the problem of spam.
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