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Step 2 (Re: [ietf-dkim] The (really) latest SSP draft)

2007-09-27 15:54:06
Here you mention that "one or more valid SSP records". In later steps (7?)
you don't subsequently say which record to choose if there is more than
one. I suppose that the first one is as good as any, but it should at least be
explicit.

      Mike

Jim Fenton wrote:
The list has been uncharacteristically silent since I submitted an
update to the SSP draft 10 days ago, so I thought I'd point out the new
draft (draft-ietf-dkim-ssp-01) and a few of the highlights (more
complete info on the changes are in section B.1).

The most significant change is a new tag, called "handling", that
represents what I called the SSP "Strong" Option in my presentation at
IETF 69.  As I mentioned at the time, we needed a better word than
"strong", and this is what Eric and I came up with.  It takes one of two
values:  "process", the default, means to do what you would normally do
with a message that is Suspicious.  "block" is a way for a domain to
express the preference that messages violating SSP be dealt with more
harshly, such as by deleting, bouncing, or rejecting them.

Section 5, "Third-party Signatures and Mailing Lists", has been removed
since it belongs better in the Overview document(s).  Note to overview
authors:  hint, hint.

Most of the other changes in the document, which are numerous, are to
tighten up the wording rather than to introduce anything new or
different.  For example, when user-granularity SSP was in the document,
SSP applied to an "entity" which was either a user or a domain.  the
word "domain" is sufficient, and clearer, now.

Comments appreciated as always!

-Jim

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