Everybody has a plan to end spam these days. But the work the Anti-Spam Research Group is doing is different. The ASRG has the prestige to get its proposals put in place. The group is affiliated with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which sets the standards for the fundamental technologies that make the Internet possible.. . .
Everybody has a plan to end spam these days. But the work the Anti-Spam Research Group is doing is different. The ASRG has the prestige to get its proposals put in place. The group is affiliated with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which sets the standards for the fundamental technologies that make the Internet possible.

The ASRG expects quick results, with initial technologies that will take a big bite out of spam being deployed within months, and other key technologies being deployed in one to two years. Within two years, ASRG chairman Paul Judge said he expects to see the proposed "consent-based communications framework" in place for e-mail, although work would be ongoing to keep it up-to-date.

"One of the advantages we have is that the entire community is involved," said Judge, who is also chief technology officer for e-mail filtering service provider CipherTrust. "This is a unique situation, where competing companies are working on the same problem, including large Internet service providers and e-mail security companies. We have an opportunity to deploy solutions in an effective and quick cycle here."

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