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Re: [ietf-dkim] [Fwd: I-D ACTION:draft-fenton-dkim-threats-02.txt]

2006-01-06 08:43:27

On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Eliot Lear wrote:

Andrew Newton wrote:
DKIM's ability to identify a domain owner is [also] bounded by
whatever checks a registration authority imposes.

could be read to mean some domain registration rules can be counted
upon for this purpose.  Practically speaking, I don't think this is
true at all.

Would s/bounded/limited/ fix the problem?

I am thinking "no." DKIM's ability to identify a domain owner is not limited by registration authority rules because there may be or will be reputation services separate from the registration authority.

Besides, I don't think DKIM is ever identifying the owner of a domain name since that information is not in DNS. If the Acme Widget company has the domains acmewidgets.com, acme-widgets.com, and acme- widgets-inc.com, there is nothing in DNS that tells me all three are owned by Acme Widgets (well, nothing you can rely upon).

-andy
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