Re: [Ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (6769)

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Wed, 01 December 2021 17:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (6769)
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On Wed 01/Dec/2021 15:00:36 +0100 Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 12/1/2021 5:05 AM, Barry Leiba wrote:
>> The original text says exactly what it was intended to say, and is not
>> in error.  This is a suggestion for a change, not an errata report,


The reason to call it an error is that if a reader interprets that paragraph as 
alluding to the normal case that l= covers the whole original message, then she 
or he must conclude that the body can be altered without breaking the signature.


>> and I suggest closing it as "Hold For Document Update".
> 
> Yes.  Thanks.


+1

Best
Ale
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