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Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: What the verifier can do

2006-04-30 08:44:06
At 9:08 PM -0700 4/29/06, Dave Crocker wrote:
A specification cannot "prevent" a verifier from trying any crazy (or sane) thing they want. However, it CAN distinguish between text that is specifying how to perform straight verification, versus text explains all sorts of secondary hacks. The former is precise, reliable and clear. The latter is whatever folks feel like making it. Mixing the two confuses both.

Fully agree. I am proposing staying silent on heuristics in the core protocol, not banning them. Does that work for you?
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