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Re: Additional lookups (was Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: 1368 straw-poll)

2007-03-01 18:18:49
Wietse Venema wrote:

If the verifier gives different treatments to different types of
"other", then the bad guys will exploit the verifier's behavior.

Applying equal treatment should be done across the board, the valid and invalid, not just for the so called "elite" messages.

It is with the exceptions and relaxed provisions where exploitation will take place, the FSUSP (FAILED SIGNATURE UNSIGNED STATUS PROMOTION) is one of them.

Of course, this was pointed out to the yahoo guy in a similar thread last year where verifiers might give different "reputation" treatments to valid DKIM messages. This will also have the same exploitation factor - XYZ domain signs up with ABC Reputation house, XYZ domain is now spoofed everywhere else due it is "credentials."

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HLS



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