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Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM vs. MIME

2010-04-24 23:57:18
Someone on the opendkim-users list has pointed out that DKIM
signatures are being invalidated when re-mailed through one
particular MLM that rewrites Content-Type: so that its value is all
lowercase.  Obviously this is a problem for DKIM since even "relaxed"
requires nothing other than spacing changes in header field values;
however RFC2045 says that the interpretation of Content-Type: values
is case-insensitive.  Thus, at least to consumers of that header
field, DKIM is doing something "wrong".  In any case, it was
suggested on that list that "relaxed" header canonicalization be
adjusted to accommodate this.

Although I see the point in this particular case, it seems to me that
it would be a hopeless rathole to try to catalog and account for all
of the semantics of every possible header line and the set of possible
modifications to each header that do or do not make a semantic
difference.  Looking at the RFCs, I can't tell whether the boundary
string in Content-Type: is supposed to be case sensitive, but the
addresses in To:, From:, Cc;, and so forth certainly are, and I
wouldn't want to get into an argument about whether the Subject: line
is.

R's,
John

PS: Needless to say, this supports my observation that the number of
list managers that don't break DKIM signature is insignificant.
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