Wednesday, 25 October 2006

Microsoft Opens Sender ID Standard

Microsoft has rolled out its Sender ID Framework specification for e-mail authentication, under the company’s Open Specification Promise (OSP). Sender ID, the e-mail authentication protocol, aims to help stop the spread of Spam, phishing scams, malware and other online exploits in e-mail by helping address domain spoofing, a tactic used in over 95 percent of all exploits where the name in the 'To:' line of the e-mail is forged.

Helping developers build solutions regardless of the development or licensing model, Sender ID is the third area of technology now available under the OSP. Microsoft first announced the availability of an OSP for Web services specifications in September 2006 and extended the OSP to Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Image Format specifications earlier in October 2006, Microsoft said.

"E-mail security is critical to safeguarding consumer confidence online," said Ramesh Lakshmi Ratan, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).