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RE: In response to Housley-mass-sec-review

2005-03-06 10:06:37

I would prefer to avoid ending up with a SPF like macro scheme but I have no
objection if the identifier is specified in the message. 

The ID is going to have to be in the signature scope.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Newton [mailto:andy(_at_)hxr(_dot_)us] 
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:19 AM
To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip
Cc: mlibbeymail-mailsig(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com; 'Douglas Otis'; MASS WG
Subject: Re: In response to Housley-mass-sec-review



On Mar 6, 2005, at 10:57 AM, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:

Nah, why not just do a hierarchical query?

Base64(SHA1(messageID)).Base64(sha1(userID))._revocation.example.com


Standard DNS config can then be used to revoke the user or the
individual
message:

*.Base64(sha1(userID))._revocation.example.com TXT "status=revoked 
reason=spam"

I was thinking the same thing.  Though it need not be codified in the 
standard.  The identifier just needs to conform to DNS label 
syntax, be 
it one label or many.  That way Yahoo can use this type of scheme and 
smaller mail systems can use simpler schemes.

-andy




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