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Re: Submitter shown the DOR

2004-07-14 02:54:00

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Douglas Otis wrote:

Example of a Domain of Responsibility Tag:

C: MAIL FROM:<alice(_at_)example(_dot_)com>
     DOR:t:"ddddd.dddddd";x:"ddddd";a:"ttttt";
     s:"tttttttt";
     b:"tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt";
     d:"alumni.almamater.edu";

(a:algorithm,
 t:time-stamp,
 x:expiry,
 b:base64 signature,
 s:selector,
 d:domain)

Why not just get the originator's MSA to sign the original return path?
This gives end-to-end authentication of the MSA, does not require any
change to aliasing/forwarding systems or to SMTP, and works well with
callback verification.

Dave Crocker's BTAV draft is a start at a specification.

Tony.
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