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Re: [ietf-dkim] Supporting alternate algorithms

2006-02-22 10:32:45
Eliot Lear wrote:
Michael Thomas wrote:

 Ok, but that doesn't exactly answer my question. Is it really the
 case that sha-256 will be The annointed successor for the time
 being? Especially in light of the above? Transitions are never
 easy and forcing one might be a cure worse than the disease.

It is for now.  That's what the SAAG meeting was all about.

Well, it's not *exactly* it: there's still SHA-1. Two upgrades
in the space of a few years is going to be painful. Maybe inevitable,
but still painful.

                Mike
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