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Re: [ietf-dkim] What can we ask mailing lists to do?

2010-08-28 09:31:01
Hector Santos wrote:

The problem?  Its no fun adding software with a WG standard that 
won't be followed at the suggestion of its authors.

But that I mean any developers that wish to support the the WG 
Documents are put into a catch-22 position regarding DKIM and ADSP 
implementation.  It applies to operators as well.

Using myself as an example:

I wish to help further protect my brand and corporate domains with 
DKIM and ADSP so that only we can sign it and no one else. I have 
unsubscribed from various list and switched to a non-DKIM protected 
domain, like here.

I can't DKIM sign my mail because I believe raw DKIM-CORE signing will 
water down my domain reputation and brand by feeding ammunition to 
spoofers that its ok to sign it with unknown 3rd party signers.  I 
want no non-standard DKIM-STATS based verifier to learn that this 
association is valid.

But I can't add a ADSP record without adding DKIM signatures since 
that might cause false positive rejections/discard.

Its a catch-22 implementation issue and the "wait and see" attitude is 
only going to show want is already predictable - low support for ADSP. 
If one can no longer wait or wants to add DKIM they had to accept the 
idea that ANYONE can sign on their behalf without any controls.

-- 
Hector Santos, CTO
http://www.santronics.com
http://santronics.blogspot.com


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