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Re: Yahoo!'s DomainKeys and Cisco's IIM have merged

2005-06-02 15:10:03


On Jun 2, 2005, at 5:41 PM, Edward Shallow wrote:

How do the proponents of the META Signatures proposal feel on this
announcement ?

William ?


Since my name was on the To: line and I have in the past stated favor for S/MIME based proposals, I'll give my opinion:

As with all of William's work, META Signatures is good stuff. However, in the intervening months I've talked to several vendors who have implemented DomainKeys and not a single one ever said "This would have been easier if it were based on S/MIME". Given this plus the apprehension some people have regarding S/MIME's interaction with current MUAs, I now think the DK/IIM approach is the path we should follow.

When the charter is reworked, I think it should be very narrowly focused so that the working group is to refine and address issues of the soon-to-be released draft.

-andy


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