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Re: [ietf-dkim] Issue #1521: Limit the application of SSP to unsigned messages

2007-12-11 10:33:03

On Dec 11, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Jim Fenton wrote:

Without placing a dependency on a reputation or accreditation service (both of which are out of scope), it's not possible to specify the circumstances under which an SSP query should be done when a message is signed by other than the author domain.

Issue #1519 provides additional clarification. I think this meant unsigned by the domain, and perhaps unsigned by an otherwise trusted domain.

Even when a message is signed by the domain of the author (using an unrestricted key), per the definition of Originator Signature, the message will not have a valid signature.

If ietf.org were to make a "strict" assertion, this should only affect ietf.org email-addresses that are NOT signed by the ietf.org _domain_.

A "strict" assertion should not affect messages representing a normal communiqué initiated by the domain, nor should a "strict" assertion change how message signing is defined in the base draft. In other words this assertion should not require multiple signatures from the same domain, or prevent the i= parameter from indicating which header the message had been signed "on-behalf-of."

The "strict" assertion should mean the domain ALWAYS signs their messages AND the domain attempts to avoid services that might corrupt their signature.

The "strict" assertion should not mean that their domain's signature is only valid when signed "on-behalf-of" the From header. (An exception would be required only for restricted keys.)

A less restrictive view of "strict" empowers domains to decide which messages are valid by simply adding their signature.

A less restrictive view of "strict" would not invalidate message signing as defined in the base draft.

-Doug
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