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Re: [ietf-dkim] small question in draft-ietf-dkim-base-00.txt on TXT record

2006-02-20 14:30:52

On Feb 20, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Tony Hansen wrote:

We allow extra options to be specified in a DKIM-Signature header, but do not allow extra options to be specified in a DKIM TXT record. (I don't recall this being discussed before, but just may not remember it.) Should we? If not, how would we do upwardly- compatible changes without requiring multiple DNS entries for both an old and new entry.

DKIM should specify a binary structure used with the CERT RR. This RR already offers fields defining the critical hash algorithm, for example. By just specifying the hash used in signature header, once a hash algorithm is later discovered compromised, there is no means to keep bad actors from using this compromised hash algorithm for spoofing messages. It would appear the DKIM draft is not ready.

-Doug


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