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Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: dkim-base-01 nits and semi-nits

2006-05-03 09:49:38
At 11:29 PM -0700 5/2/06, Dave Crocker wrote:
When a signature fails to validate, the message should be processed as
if that signature is not present.

+1; clear simple wording that is easy to implement.

At 8:20 AM -0700 5/3/06, Douglas Otis wrote:
The process should track the number of attempts made verifying signatures for a message. This concern differs from "as if that signature were not present." Without a reasonable limit for the process, DKIM verification itself can become a threat.

-1; this is an edge-case that is not worth being discussed in the -base document.
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