Re: [dmarc-ietf] Charter improvements

["Murray S. Kucherawy" <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Dave Crocker <[e-mail]> wrote:

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>> * a mechanism for mitigating the effect of failures of DMARC policy when
>> a message transits a mailing list
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>>
>> I recognize that there's definitely a counter-pressure against including
>> this topic as it seems to be a potentially quixotic quest. That being
>> said, even if we don't find the perfect solution, it does seem
>> reasonable to believe there is a way to provide something more than
>> nothing that does help in some meaningful way. I'm not presupposing a
>> solution, just that there have been a few possible options discussed at
>> the edges which are likely to be worth more rigorous exploration.
>>
>> QUESTION: Is there value in a WG such as this exploring possible
>> solutions to this issue and developing guidance that would potentially
>> help improve the utility of the base DMARC specification?
>>
>
> If the wg handles this carefully and pragmatically, there might be some
> benefit in at least documenting the topic, in terms of concerns and
> choices.  I believe there isn't an IETF published paper in this realm, in
> spite of the issue appearing regularly.
>

RFC6377 devotes quite a bit of time to the topic, at least in the context
of DKIM.  There's also mention of ADSP, which is particularly germane here.

We may reasonably be asked what's different now since the publication of
that draft that would warrant reopening the topic.

-MSK