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

2009-06-16 13:55:46
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Dave CROCKER<dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> 
wrote:


Dave CROCKER wrote:
excellent.  that's certainly a simple enough way to resolve the concern.

d/

Bill(_dot_)Oxley(_at_)cox(_dot_)com wrote:
I don't have a specific objection to the word reputation per se but
assessment is a more neutral term for this particular group so
s/reputation/assessment/g should work.


Meant to include this, for completeness:


Replacing 'reputation' with 'assessment', here's the latest version:

      <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 assessment, and have a non-reputation intent in setting the
        value in the other. However the verifier might choose the wrong value
        to deliver to the assessor, thereby producing an unintended (and
        inaccurate) 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 delivery to the assessor -- such as one that consults a
        white list -- 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's header, for filtering decisions.
      </t>

      <t>For signers and verifiers that have been using the i= tag as the
        primary value that is delivered to the assessor, a software change to
        using the d= tag is intended.
      </t>


+1



-- 
Jeff Macdonald
Ayer, MA

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