Re: Use of XML as a basis for e-mail

Arnt Gulbrandsen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.ng
Message-ID </WyzQ/[email protected]>
Chuq Von Rospach writes:
>>>> So make the new message-id a 160-bit localpart followed by an IPv6 
>>>> address. Anyone wanting to DoS away an SHA-1 hash is welcome to 
>>>> try.
>>>
>>> there goes anonymity in the protocol... (grin)
>>
>> Why? SHA-1 is supposed to be better than MD-5, right? Does this 
>> message's message-id reveal anything about me or about this 
>> message's content?
>
> your IPv6 address? I can knock on your door now. you've embedded 
> information identifying your server in here.

Oh, but you knew that already. Your TCP implementation revealed it to you.

Arnt
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