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Re: application/signed vs. application/mime vs. signedData

1997-08-04 02:45:42

spock(_at_)RSA(_dot_)COM said:
We have once again achieved consensus:

- multipart/signed is great.
- Lot's of gateways suck because they screw up multipart/signed.

How does these "gateways" handle other multipart types?

- Email signatures using multipart/signed simply won't work until sucky
  gateways are fixed. 

If we fx. take multipart/alternative with 2 parts, will these 2 parts
be fu^h^hchanged by said gateways? 

If these gateways are not able to deliver the original content of any
multipart/* parts, how can these gateways stay in the market?

With "original content" I mean the content protected by the MIME transfer
protection mechanisme, which (AFAIK) takes a good deal of consideration
towards protection the original content against gateways.


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