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Re: [ietf-dkim] Responsibility vs. Validity

2007-12-09 09:33:42
SM,

I can't recall whether your suggested received a response, but thought it worth making sure: the change is being incorporated to the draft.

The difference in language does a nice job of being completely accurate and precise without being cumbersome.

d/

SM wrote:
At 10:17 27-11-2007, Dave Crocker wrote:
Rather, DKIM's task is to allow an organization to say this it has some responsibility for the message; that is, come to them if there is a problem.

In the abstract of draft-ietf-dkim-overview-07

  "DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) allows an organization to take
   responsibility for a message, in a way that can be validated by a
   recipient."

I suggest having:

  "DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) allows an organization to take
responsibility for transmitting a message, in a way that can be validated by a
   recipient."

as the organization, an ISP for example, is not responsible for the "content" of the message. The signer is merely offering a means for the original or intermediate transmission to be validated.

The above comment applies to draft-ietf-dkim-deployment-00 as well.

Regards,
-sm
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