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RE: [ietf-dkim] Core algorithm support/use, draft text v2

2006-02-27 09:14:06
 

[mailto:ietf-dkim-bounces(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of Scott 
Kitterman
Might it be useful to break the exact crypto algorithm out 
into a separate (very short) RFC so that it can be revised as 
necessary?  Something like:

     A validator MUST support all crypto algorithms listed as 
not deprecated in RFC ZZZZ or it's successors, initially 
{SHA-1, SHA-256}.

Good intention, bad idea. Essentially you have created a future
dependency so the requirements for implementing DKIM now change over
time. It is now impossible to interpret the statement 'complies with RFC
XXXX' without knowing when the claim was made.


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