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RE: [ietf-dkim] "I sign everything" is not a useful policy

<Bill.Oxley@cox.com> Sun, 06 August 2006 00:49 UTC

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An invalid signature is not unsigned, but we are not discussing that
policy point yet :-)

Bill Oxley 
Messaging Engineer 
Cox Communications, Inc. 
Alpharetta GA 
404-847-6397 
bill.oxley@cox.com 


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[mailto:ietf-dkim-bounces@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Steve Atkins
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Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] "I sign everything" is not a useful policy


On Aug 5, 2006, at 4:37 PM, <Bill.Oxley@cox.com> wrote:

> No point at all, that is what we are supposed to be doing here,  
> defining
> policy then hashing out what that policy clearly means with a  
> consensus
> of the WG. I don't want to be on a technical call 2 years from now
> discussing what the policy means like I had to do with WICIS. Lets set
> an agreeable policy, discuss what it means (like the statement below)
> and the write the document with the clear expectation of what it  
> means.
>
> 1. I sign all
>
> The above means "I sign everything so please discard unsigned mail
> apparently from me"

Where "unsigned" means any mail other than DKIM signed
mail which validates correctly when received by the recipient.

(It seems a minor point, but several people here have asserted that
mail for which the signature doesn't validate is not "unsigned").

> There, one policy statement done.

Well, a use case to go with it would be nice.

Cheers,
   Steve

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