ietf-dkim
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposed documentation split between DKIM and "DOSETA"

2011-01-12 06:52:58
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:09:53 -0000, Alessandro Vesely 
<vesely(_at_)tana(_dot_)it>  
wrote:

On 07/Jan/11 21:58, Dave CROCKER wrote:
Here's the proposal that Barry just announced, for splitting the DKIM
specification into a DKIM-specific portion and an underlying, more  
generic
portion that could be re-purposed for other services.  It's current  
working
acronym is DOSETA.

I'm embarrassed to raise such a trivial issue, but couldn't it be done
the other way around?  That is, keep the name DKIM for the core spec
and invent some other name for its application to RFC 5322.  This way

* the "DKIM-Signature" name remains fully justified,

Interesting possibility. If the split goes as planned, then the signature  
for the FOOBAR protocol will be "FOOBAR-Signature", although its internal  
structure and many/most of its tags will be the same. I can see advantages  
in either method.

-- 
Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------
Tel: +44 161 436 6131                       
   Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl
Email: chl(_at_)clerew(_dot_)man(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk      Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K.
PGP: 2C15F1A9      Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5
_______________________________________________
NOTE WELL: This list operates according to 
http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>