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Re: [ietf-dkim] Please post issues with draft-dkim-rfc4871-errata-03

2009-02-10 10:59:19
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 11:56:30AM -0800, Douglas Otis wrote:

The proposed errata use of the word opaque to describe the d= value,  
in addition to the i= value offers _no_ additional clarity.

Given something like this:

d=good.rep.example.net or
d=bad.rep.example.net

do not assume that those identifiers mean "good" and "bad". Good and
bad could be the names of two different companies. A signer could sign
like this instead:

d=53302.rep.example.net or
d=9999.rep.example.net

and this would enforce to the verifier that no meaning should be placed
on what d= contains.

d= is just an identfier that is used to look up the public key and
could further be used as a key into a reputation system.


-- 
Jeff Macdonald
jmacdonald(_at_)e-dialog(_dot_)com

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