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Re: [ietf-dkim] "I sign everything" yes/no

2006-11-21 16:44:50
J.D. Falk wrote:

But this message isn't signed (and/or the signature is invalid, which base says is the same thing.) How do I find out whether or not the First Amalgamated Bank of Example thinks that they sign all of their messages? That should be a simple, binary operation, right? I really don't care about anything else the sender may want to assert.

Should that be in SSP?

Yes.  It is a simple DNS query.

Should it be in something else?

No, not if its not a standard.

> Should I encourage all of the banks to use a non-standardized
> external mechanism while y'all argue?

No, not in my view, because exploiters will use that special YAHOO/BANK non-standard process against other systems in yet another attempt to mask the message as legitimate. In fact, in my technical opinion, you might put the bank at risk by encouraging a non-standardized method.

Hector Santos/CTO
http://www.santronics.com



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