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Re: [ietf-dkim] over-the-wire (in)compatibility between pre-IETFDKIM and (eventual) IETF DKIM

2005-10-17 16:01:04
On October 17, 2005 at 16:10, Stephen Farrell wrote:

PS: I still didn't hear much about what specific parallel scenarios 
we'd like to support btw. e.g. if a single message can have both new 
and old signatures from the same domain, do we require that the same 
public key be usable to verify both, or should we remain silent on 
that, or something else?

If anything, I'd prefer that the same public key be required to verify 
both.

REQUIRED is probably too much in general, since I guess someone
could have two implementations on different boxes with different
h/w crypto support so that using the same private key wouldn't
(always) be possible.

It may also be the case that different cryptographic algorithms are
in use.  For example, if something besides RSA becomes the norm,
you may have an RSA-based signature and a XXX-based signature, each
requiring a different key.

--ewh
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