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Re: [ietf-dkim] Modified Introduction text for rfc4871-errata

2009-06-12 10:46:29
Proposed text:

      <t>This currently leaves signers and assessors with the potential for
        making different interpretations between the two identifiers and may
        lead to interoperability problems. A signer could intend one to be
        used for reputation, and have a non-reputation intent in setting the
        value in the other. However the assessor might choose the wrong value
        and produce an unintended (and inaccurate) reputation assessment.</t>

      <t>This update resolves that confusion.  It defines additional, semantic
        labels for the two values, clarifies their nature and specifies their
        relationship.  More specifically, it clarifies that the identifier
        intended for reputation lookups (such as white lists) by the
        assessor is the value of the "d=" tag. However, this does not
        prohibit message filtering engines from using the "i=" tag, or any
        other information in the message header, for filtering decisions. </t>

      <t>For signers and assessors that have been using the i= tag for
        reputation assessment a software change to using the d= tag is 
intended.
      </t>

WFM.

Barry, as participant

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