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Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-10 10:49:33
This is all depends on the binding of the headers.

If the FROM: field is bounded to the signature, than it is 100% indeed tied
to the author of the message.

If the FROM: field is not bound to the signature, then it is more like you
say.

--
Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc.
http://www.santronics.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Otis" <dotis(_at_)mail-abuse(_dot_)org>
To: <dcrocker(_at_)bbiw(_dot_)net>
Cc: <ietf-dkim(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator


What do other folks think?

DKIM is not about defining the author of the message and would
conflict with the charter.  Only when the signing-domain coincides
with that of the email-address, are _assumptions_ possible.
Assignment of accountability does not scale down to the user, and
DKIM itself offers no protection beyond the domain.  Rather than
seeing this as a trail that starts with the author, these roles are
better broken down into MTA functions that have already been
established,  MSA, Mediator, MDA.

-Doug
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