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[ietf-dkim] Re: one more comment I forgot...

2006-01-13 21:01:52
Stephen Farrell wrote:

Jim Fenton wrote:

- If broken signatures are seen as worse than the lack of a
signature, it will serve as a disincentive to signing
messages:  potential signers might not want to do so if they
risk having their messages downgraded if they pass through
an MTA that breaks the signature (or through a mailing list
that does so).

Nicely put.

That's IMO the usual "you can't have your cake and eat it too".

A sender promising that all his mails are signed is OBVIOUSLY
talking about _valid_ signatures, and seriously wants that all
mails with no or invalid signatures are downgraded to /dev/null.

That's the one and only point of his signing policy.  Almost
exactly the same situation as SPF FAIL:  reject, reject, reject.

If he doesn't want that effect he should not publish a "closed"
signing policy.
                               Bye, Frank


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