[ipv6hackers] Progress on IPv6 Anti-SPAM Solutions?

[Matija Grabnar]

I can't help you with an "industry approved filtering list", but this 
just dropped into my mailbox:
http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/02/new-apache-spamassassin-release-includes-native-ipv6-support/

(The latest version of SpamAssassin now has native IPv6 support)


On 02/13/2014 03:29 PM, James Small wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> That's a great question.  Let me frame this differently:  I'm working with
> organizations to make all of their Internet services IPv6 accessible.  When
> the topic of E-mail comes up I don't feel like I have great answers.  What I
> would like is to have parity or a close approximation with the capabilities
> we have for SMTP over IPv4.  However, IMHO we aren't there yet.  It seems
> like many (at least in the US) just don't enable SMTP over IPv6.  In fact, I
> heard from a recent IPv6 conference that many organizations and vendors have
> no plans to support SMTP over IPv6 because of "the lack of an industry
> approved filtering list and methodology..."
>
>    --Jim
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipv6hackers-bounces at lists.si6networks.com [mailto:ipv6hackers-
>> bounces at lists.si6networks.com] On Behalf Of Adam Števko
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:33 PM
>> To: IPv6 Hackers Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [ipv6hackers] Progress on IPv6 Anti-SPAM Solutions?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> just out of curiosity, how much spam do you receive over IPv6?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adam
>>
>> On Feb 13, 2014, at 4:41 AM, James Small <jim.small at mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Has there been progress in the commercial space on IPv6 anti-spam
>> solutions?
>>> There are certainly some commercial gateways that support IPv6 and IPv6
>> SMTP
>>> but every vendor I've spoken with states that their address/reputation-
>> based
>>> filtering is a "work-in-progress."  My understanding is that > 80% of
>>> blocked messages rely on this type of technology in IPv4, so it's
> absence in
>>> IPv6 is a problem.  Furthermore, it seems like most "cloud" based SMTP
>>> scrubbing services do not yet support IPv6 (I know there are a few).
> When
>>> discussing IPv6 and IPv6 security with organizations, this still seems
> like
>>> a major weakness.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know of the following:
>>>
>>> http://www.cloudmark.com/en/whitepapers/smtp-abuse-prevention-in-
>> ipv6-networ
>>> ks
>>>
>>> http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement/012/spamhaus-ipv6-
>> blocklists-
>>> strategy-statement
>>>
>>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-martin-smtp-ipv6-to-ipv4-fallback-00
>>> (ideas to push authentication for v6)
>>>
>>> http://meetings.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/44415/ipv6-and-
>> botnet-
>>> spam_apricot_2012_1329718069.pdf (generic coverage of many of the
>> issues for
>>> v6)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm interested in any progress you know of in this area - especially
>>> whitepapers, commercially viable solutions, success stories.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>   --Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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