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RE: [ietf-dkim] Itemized Summary of SSP Requirements-00

2006-08-29 12:27:01
 

From: Damon [mailto:deepvoice(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com] 

On 8/29/06, Hallam-Baker, Phillip <pbaker(_at_)verisign(_dot_)com> wrote:
The requirement that I believe that the delegation 
discussion highlights is the need for controlled delegation.

I.E I delegate to Fred the ability to sign on behalf of 
marketing(_at_)example(_dot_)com but not ceo(_at_)example(_dot_)com(_dot_)


+1

Are we going to specifically disallow fred the ability to 
sign for ceo(_at_)example(_dot_)com by policy or say that fred can only 
sign for marketing(_at_)example(_dot_)com?

Regards,
Damon Sauer

The principle of least privillege would argue for the second. 

According to my scheme:

1) Each key record is a policy statement that specifies an allowable signature 
key.
2) The policy record only states that there should be a DKIM header.

So the key record selector is always in the signer's own domain.

The key record MAY reference a delegation selector in the purported sender 
domain which MUST in turn delegate authority back to the signing key record.

Alternatively the link that claims the right to sign on behalf of another party 
could be carried in the signature header itself. This approach has the 
advantage that the recipient can immediately identify the signature header they 
need to verify to check for policy compliance.

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