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Re: [dmarc-ietf] ARC-Seal is meaningless security theatre

Dave Crocker <dcrocker@gmail.com> Fri, 18 August 2017 17:08 UTC

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On 8/18/2017 10:00 AM, Seth Blank wrote:
> 
> Right now, we've got deployed code that we know works and improves the 
> landscape. Everything else is - rightly or wrongly - conjecture.


Personal Point of order:

    Using an 'installed base' argument for a brand new specification 
that is still in development and has minuscule deployment is not 
appropriate, in spite of having a long and storied history of being used 
to resist a proposal.

    What's supposed to happen with a proposal is an evaluation of its 
technical and functional merits.


The entire point behind bringing a nascent specification to the IETF is 
to get review and suggestions from a wider audience.


d/


ps. Note that I haven't commented on the merits of this particular 
proposal.  I like the intent quite a bit, but haven't thought about the 
technical or operational aspects yet.


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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net

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