Re: [Asrg] New DKIM canonicalization to avoid broken signatures

"Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@cloudmark.com> Fri, 30 April 2010 17:58 UTC

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> From: asrg-bounces@irtf.org [mailto:asrg-bounces@irtf.org] On Behalf Of
> Alessandro Vesely
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> Subject: [Asrg] New DKIM canonicalization to avoid broken signatures
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> We'd need to discuss the details, implement them, and test.
> 
> Anyone interested?

I'm up for the conversation, and OpenDKIM is a decent place to exercise a well-considered alternative canonicalization scheme if the participants can reach consensus.  If something comes out of that which makes sense and works, it becomes a candidate for standardization.

But I have no illusions that any of that will be an easy trek, technically or politically.

-MSK