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Real use cases for justify nowsp? (was Re: nowsp considered harmful)

2005-07-20 10:57:22

On July 20, 2005 at 10:05, Thomas Roessler wrote:

nowsp, when combined with the length parameter, can enable attackers
to completely replace the e-mail content displayed by mail user
agents, without invalidating the DKIM signature.

General question: Can someone provide real use cases that utilize
the nowsp algorithm in an effective manner?

The only example I remember being mentioned is the case of super-long
lines that are clear violation of RFC-2822.  Nowsp seems to try
to deal with cases that DKIM should not even bother with.

Thanks,

--ewh


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