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[ietf-dkim] Re: Change the SSP o= to use words, break out 3rd party?

2005-11-08 17:33:10
Tony Hansen wrote:

table of possible policies:
 
  sending mail  signature    3rd party    current
 
1 allowed       unspecified  unspecified  NONE
2 allowed       never        never
3 allowed       never        allowed
4 allowed       optional     never        ?/WEAK
5 allowed       optional     allowed      ~/NEUTRAL
6 allowed       always       never        !/EXCLUSIVE
7 allowed       always       allowed      -/STRONG
8 never                                   ./NEVER
9 user                                    ^/USER

Nice table, thanks.  Are #2 / #3 the same as "no key" ?
How does a 3rd party detect what it should be, 2 or 3 ?

2 -signature,-3ps         signature=never,3ps=never
3 -signature,+3ps         signature=never,3ps=allowed

If we could get rid of #3 somehow it should be simple,
"never" always terminates a policy:

o mnemonic  mail   signature  3rd party  your 
  NONE      other  n/a        n/a        #1
. NEVER     never  n/a        n/a        #8
^ USER      maybe  other      n/a        #9
            maybe  never      n/a        #2
? WEAK      maybe  maybe      never      #4
~ NEUTRAL   maybe  maybe      maybe      #5
! EXCLUSIVE maybe  always     never      #6
- STRONG    maybe  always     maybe      #7

In the spirit of ".", "!", and "?" maybe your case #2
could use ":".
                      Bye, Frank


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