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Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM does not identify senders, and we have big semantic problems

2009-01-29 17:18:01


Bill(_dot_)Oxley(_at_)cox(_dot_)com wrote:
Been trying to avoid it but .... my understanding was that i=author d=signer 
i=foobar.coxhosted.com d=dkim.signer.coxmail.com and that was how 3rd party
signing was going to work


1. the spec does not say that i= author.

2. a requirement that i=author renders DKIM useless for signing by any agent in 
the sequence other than the author's.  This goes entirely against the usage 
flexibility that has (always) been a goal of DKIM.

d/
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net
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