Revision as of 09:52, 22 November 2009 by imported>Ro Thorpe
Reverse MX (RMX) is an email authentication method developed by Hadmut Danisch. It became a basis for the two most commonly used methods - Sender Policy Framework and Sender ID.
http://www.danisch.de/work/security/txt/draft-danisch-dns-rr-smtp-04.txt
Development of RMX
Background and motivation
Design criteria
The concept of Reverse MX records
Publication at the IRTF and IETF
Technical description
Implementation as DNS records
Reasons for failure
SPF and Microsoft's attitudes
IRTF/IETF-specific reasons
Design flaws of DNS
Design flaws of the SMTP email protocol
Economical reasons
Freedom of speech and cultural reasons
Education
Perceptions of identity and juristic reasons
Personal and European reasons
References