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Re: [ietf-dkim] RFC4871bis - whether to drop -- h: Acceptable hash algorithms

2009-06-04 19:28:28
If a site wanted to revoke instantly any signature previously
generated with rsa-craphash, couldn't it just revoke its old keys
and generate new keys, and begin signing with rsa-goodhash?

Yes, it is a design feature of DKIM that an operational crypto error
can be instantly "revoked" by merely yanking the keys from DNS (modulo
cache timeouts etc). The only thing I would correct in your statement
is the word "revoke." DKIM bypasses the very notion of revocation by
being key-centric.

Though the spec discusses an empty p= as giving an explicit "revoke"  
indication.

Mark.



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