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Re: [ietf-dkim] Update of RFC4871 Appendix D. MUA Considerations (resent)

2009-04-10 13:59:52

On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:34 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote:

Folks,

Barry Leiba wrote:
As chair, I note that any attempt to use the "errata" format of the  
update document to *remove* text will be fraught.  The text will  
still exist (and will, in fact, be repeated in this document).

As a participant, my inclination would be to have the update  
replace the whole Appendix D like this:
...
But I could also accept leaving Appendix D as it is for now, and  
dealing with it in the 4871bis effort.


I'd like to strongly encourage the working group to defer this  
change until the -bis work.

Agreed.

It appears the definition in RFC 4871 Section 1.1 for the term Signing  
Identity will remain, although this term's use has mostly been  
replaced by AUID with changes made elsewhere.

The MUA consideration section uses the term Signing Identity (AUID)  
which is similar to and perhaps might be mistaken for the term Signing  
Domain Identifier (SDID).

Replacing AUID in the MUA consideration section with SDID, as was  
proposed, represents a significant change to the base draft.  For  
clarity sake, replacing the term Signing Identity with AUID would not  
be a change to the base draft.

First, there isn't any urgency, since we do not know of any  
immediate -- nevermind serious -- problems being caused by the  
current text.

Agreed.

-Doug
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