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Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Adding SMTP client Requirements

2007-05-26 21:45:34
SM wrote:
At 16:40 26-05-2007, Douglas Otis wrote:
Mitigation might need to be better defined:

 A) the SMTP RCPT TO is within the signed portion of the message,

 B) or when a _confirmed_ SMTP client is within the DKIM domain.

Both A and B would affect DKIM verification if the message goes through a mailing list or a forwarder.

DKIM operates entirely on the content of the message (RFC 4686 Section 1.1). Your requirement goes against that. Maybe you could use "revocation identifiers" as described in the Chosen Message Replay scenario.


I don't think we should lose focus of the POLICY expectations of DKIM or more specifically SSP.

Right now, even with the great knowledge DKIM is now an official RFC standard, I still have no real incentive to implement it (turn it on), making it a stock feature of our product and thus open a DKIM-BASE only environment "Pandora's Box" of issues with my customers.

In my view, once SSP is itself a IETF standard, many things will come together, including SMTP level considerations and in my view, from an industry competitive cooperation standpoint, each will have their own set of solutions that might include DKIM/SSP among other things. But I think we will be losing focus to make the tie-in to SMTP without SSP being finished.

My take on it.

Sincerely

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

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