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Re: [ietf-dkim] detecting header mutations after signing

2010-10-13 11:59:16
-----Original Message-----
From: ietf-dkim-bounces(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org 
[mailto:ietf-dkim-bounces(_at_)mipassoc(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of Charles 
Lindsey
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:12 AM
To: DKIM
Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] detecting header mutations after signing

The bad guy (the phisher) provides two From headers, but only signs one
which, as DKIM is currently defined, has to be the second one.

His two headers are:

     From: info(_at_)ebay(_dot_)com
     From: info(_at_)phisher(_dot_)com

BUT many/most MUAs currently display only the first From header if two are
provided. There is no reason why the verifier at the boundary should
report an invalid signature, so the message gets through to the intended
victim who just sees what his MUA shows him, which apparently is a
message from the genuine ebay address.

This is true if the message is not DKIM-signed at all.  The rendering choice 
you're highlighting here already exists in many/most MUAs.

If we can extract DKIM from the equation entirely and the problem remains, how 
is it a DKIM problem?


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