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Re: [ietf-dkim] The purpose of an existence/validity check

2008-05-29 03:43:29
On Wed, 28 May 2008 20:44:17 +0100, Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> 
wrote:

We *want* different reputations for transactions.paypal.com and
newsletter.paypal.com and corporate.paypal.com.  Remember that these  
names
that are used to sign with DKIM are voluntarily chosen by the signer.

In that case, paypal.com can easily publish a strong ADSP record for  
transactions.paypal.com and weaker ADSP records for newsletter.paypal.com  
and corporate.paypal.com. The important thing is to ensure that  
non-existent(_at_)paypal(_dot_)com is treated as strong rather than as weak. If 
we  
don't protect that domain, then every phisher on the planet will promptly  
use it.

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