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Re: [mail-vet-discuss] Straw consensus call on auth-header draft

2008-10-15 06:38:05
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:24:55 +0100, Murray S. Kucherawy 
<msk(_at_)sendmail(_dot_)com>  
wrote:

Douglas Otis wrote:
Agreed.  However, when a domain attempts to assert control over the
From header field using DKIM and ADSP, they must "pretend" to
authenticate an email-address within the From header field.

I don't think we're talking about any such assertions here.  We're only
interested in protecting an Authentication-Results: header added by a
border MTA on inbound mail.  Seems like ADSP and even From: are somewhat
irrelevant to this discussion.

Yes, but I think you are missing Doug's point.

It the border MTA-X (re-)signs the message, including the added  
Authentication header, then is MUST (according to DKIM) cover the From  
header.

Then, if the paranoid recipient MUA-Y wants to check it, and consults  
MTA-X's SSP record, he will discover that the signature is "suspicious"  
(or whatever the latest euphemism is).

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