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Re: [ietf-dkim] Draft minutes...

2006-07-12 21:14:49
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 08:48:21PM -0700, william(at)elan.net allegedly wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Eric Allman wrote:

For the same reason From: has to be signed --- they represent the [fill in 
blank with your favorite word: author, originator, whatever] of the 
message. I suppose we can legitimately ask why From: MUST be signed 
though.  In terms of interoperability it is not required, but in terms of 
being useful it seems like it is.

So if message has Resent-From field would SSP check be done against From
or Resent-From or both?

Gosh. What a can of worms. Is SSP consulted on a verified signature?
If not, then how can SSP play into these headers?


Mark.

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