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Re: [ietf-dkim] Not an issue: multiple From headers

2008-06-18 16:42:55
This is not related to ADSP.

At 14:05 18-06-2008, Hector Santos wrote:
But more importantly, consider that DKIM binding *instructs* you what
headers must be present.  Therefore, this is going to be one of the top
strong "sanity checks" to optimized DKIM processors.  Why bother to
waste time recalculation the SHA265 hash when it may not even have all
its ingredients.  If DKIM h= has from:to:subject:date: and one or more
of these fields are missing - BINGO - instance REJECT without the need
to do hashing - a sanity check and heavily confirmed with a new higher
level of expectations triggered but the presence of this
"DKIM-Signature:" in the message.

Sanity checks are different from which headers should be signed.  The 
checks may be necessary to prevent MUA quirks.  The h= tag defines 
which headers are signed.  It may include headers that are not 
present.  There is an informative explanation in the RFC about that.

Regards,
-sm 

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