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Re: [ietf-dkim] Updated proposal: get rid of x=

2006-04-08 16:34:31
Paul Hoffman wrote:

At 4:14 PM -0700 4/8/06, Michael Thomas wrote:

Add a new paragraph at the end of section 1.1:

A DKIM signature is intended to be verifiable for about the length of time of that it would take to transport the message in SMTP; this is almost always less than two weeks. The signature is not intended to be used for archival purposes, and verification of the signature after this period is not an intended or desired feature of the DKIM protocol.



This text doesn't seem to be able to make up its mind if it's informational
or  normative.


I have no idea what you mean. It is normative.


"for about" and "almost always" are normative? This is not implementable or testable
as written.

      Mike
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