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Re: [ietf-dkim] Output summary

2011-04-29 08:07:11
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:52:19 +0100, John R. Levine <johnl(_at_)iecc(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

Last paragraph of sec 5.2: " Verifiers SHOULD ignore failed signatures as
though they were not present in the message."

Actually, that does not seem quite right. It is assessors who should do  
that. Verifiers are explicitly asked to report "PERMFAIL" in that case,  
which is not quite the same thing as "ignoring".

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