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Re: [ietf-dkim] Remainder of last jabber not covered + new issue

2006-06-05 10:13:35

On Jun 5, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:

Douglas Otis wrote:

On Jun 5, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:

Now 1287.


Wait a minute, hasn't this been discussed ad nauseum with the clear
consensus to leave this text in?


Do you have a reference to this discussion? The concern raised is about the normative language in the -base draft regarding the removal of signatures.

Yes, we've definitely had this conversation before.

It seems a growing portion of email content might become invalid signatures.

I've seen exactly the opposite.

So the current practice is to not retain invalid signatures?

Such a strategy seems remarkably prescient.

Prior conversations related, mostly between Paul and yourself, was in regard to an algorithm transition. These conversations did not adequately cover many security related details. The details of handing such a transition are still not clear, nor is it clear how a prior invalid signature adds protection. The topic of DoS related considerations or a growing invalid signature content is added by the concern expressed as new territory.

-Doug



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