On August 15, 2005 at 09:53, Douglas Otis wrote:
The term "responsible for the message" gives the impression of
authorship. How about "accountable for permitting the submission of
the message (by an unknown author)"?
According to Webster, "responsible" and "accountable" are basically
interchangeable.
I think your second sentence hits a key point, "What form of
responsibility does a signer take when it signs a message?". Is it
responsible for allowing the submission of the message? Is it
responsible for the contents of the message? Both?
Taking responsibility on the submission of a message is different
than responsibility of its contents.
BTW, as DKIM is currently defined, a DKIM signature may not be by the
party that allowed initial submission of the message. DKIM either
needs stronger binding semantics, or it needs to limit when signing
can be done.
Be explicit about roles.
Agreed.
--ewh
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