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Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1525 -- Restriction to posting by first Author breaks email semantics

2008-01-16 17:19:26
Jon Callas wrote:
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On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Dave Crocker wrote:

Whereas SSP began as a simple idea as a means of deciding whether an unsigned message should have been signed, it has morphed into an effort to validate the From field. That is a very, very different goal.

While DKIM has the goal of assigning *any* identity to a message, so that that identity can be assessed, the current work on SSP is attempting to instead validate authorship.

+1. Well stated.

You summarize my recent grouchiness very well. I think that the attempt to validate authorship is not only impossible, but a complete or incomplete implementation of same is a bad idea.

Jon,

Please translate your grouchiness into concrete suggestions on what
if anything should change in draft. There are so many different issues
being discussed here that your +1 one is essentially useless because
it doesn't track to anything actionable.

        Mike
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