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Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-08 12:09:21
On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:05:49 +0100, McDowell, Brett  
<bmcdowell(_at_)paypal-inc(_dot_)com> wrote:

John, this particular part of the discussion is not about changing the  
RFC or DKIM implementations, only changing deployment configuration  
practices.

Exactly so. All I am trying to do is to ensure that those who engage in  
deployment should be warned of these particular dangers, but everyone is  
trying to shout me down.

I have posted a wording (and even a revision of same). Do you agree with  
or oppose that wording. Please say.

to make to avoid the horrors of a duplicate From: attack that is and  
likely will
always be entirely hypothetical,

I think is is clear that these attacks will work if deployers fail to  
watch out for them. The only question is how long it will take the Bad  
Guys to spot the opportunities (and for sure they WILL spot them - sooner  
probably than later).

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