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Re: [ietf-dkim] Accidental versus malicous error (was: SSP assist DKIM)

2007-12-20 03:45:55
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:55:42 -0000, Wietse Venema <wietse(_at_)porcupine(_dot_)org> wrote:

Will you give "no signature" equal treatment to "bad signature",
or will you give mail with bad signatures (such as a valid header
that was pasted on top of a forged body) more favorable treatment?

That is a matter for each verifier to decide. Over time, many ingenious strategies for distinguishing the scams from the accidents may be devised, and we should welcome that. The examples I gave merely indicated a few of the possibilities.

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