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Re: [ietf-dkim] Consensus point on ADSP

2009-03-31 20:37:24

On Mar 31, 2009, at 4:36 PM, John Levine wrote:

My problem is that the semantics of the signature that the mailing  
list applies shouldn't depend on whether the original author  
happens to be in the same domain as the list.

Of course.  That's why list mail should use a different signing  
domain.  It's clearly a poor idea to sign mail from lists that have  
contributors in multiple unknown domains with a d= that has an ADSP  
assertion

There still does not seem to be a problem.  A DKIM signature allows  
source differentiation.

d= foo.example.com
i=ietf-examples(_at_)foo(_dot_)example(_dot_)com

  - versus -

d= foo.example.com
i=someone(_at_)foo(_dot_)example(_dot_)com

  - or -

d= foo.example.com
and no i=

The foo.example ADSP assertion "all" only determines whether the  
domain's messages are initially signed.  The i= value must still be  
used to differentiate messages emanated by the mailing-list or by some  
user within the domain.  When the i= value is allowed to default, the  
intra-domain source of the message can not be determined.   What  
problem specifically is created or what exploit risk does this create?

-Doug
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