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[ietf-dkim] Re: Survey: Reputation string, to use from DKIM

2007-08-17 09:44:39

Dave Crocker wrote:
     Simply put:

        When you validate a DKIM signature, what information do you
        (intend to) use for querying your reputation/accreditation
        data bases?


Folks,

I appreciate the responses I'm getting. Unfortunately I was not clear enough about what I am asking for. Most folks seem to be a bit confused. So let me clarify:

     I am looking for you to tell me exactly what DKIM field(s)
     you would use.

     Please cite using a single letter and an equal sign.  That
     is, the parameter value(s) as specified in the DKIM -base
     documentn(RFC 4871).

It's ok if you haven't implemented anything yet. I'm asking about your reading and understanding of the specification document, not your software engineering work.

There are no wrong answers. I am trying to understand the variations of interpretations. I already know the variations are significant. That is what prompted my sending out this query.

So the goal is to find out as much as possible about them. Which fields do folks think they should/would use? Do any specific fields dominate the community's understanding?

Please note that this does not involve correlating the information with any other RFC2822 or RFC2821 fields. That is a higher-level function that occurs beyond the task of basic signature validation. So your response to the current query would be the information that you might feed into this later correlation.

The scope of information from which you should draw is strictly about DKIM-specific parameters in the DKIM-Signature field of a message and the DKIM TXT RR in the DNS. In other words, what is specified in RFC4871.

Thanks!

d/

ps. If you have already supplied the parameter reference, you do not need to do it again.


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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
  bbiw.net
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