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Re: [ietf-dkim] NEW ISSUE: limiting SSP to statements that inform recipient about (potential) signer actions

2007-12-10 08:34:03
On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:00:36 -0000, Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> 
wrote:

To the extent that the above is not sufficiently clear:

The SSP specification needs to be modified to remove all directions for recipient actions, instead limiting itself to statements about the actions of a potential signer.

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The specification needs to allow the signer to say what he would *like* the verifier to do.

So what SSP currently says is about right (though one might argue over specifics, like the role of Sender:). The real problem is the way the current draft *describes* thing that are merely advice from the signer to the verifier. From that POV, it is a shambles, and until it has been rewritten more coherently, we have no chance at all of agreeing upon it.

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