Re: Signing on behalf of somebody else
"Rahul Banerjee" <rahul@bits-pilani.ac.in> Wed, 18 July 2001 09:53 UTC
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From: Rahul Banerjee <rahul@bits-pilani.ac.in>
To: William Ottaway <w.ottaway@eris.dera.gov.uk>, Nagaraj Mandya <nmandya@yahoo.co.in>, ietf-smime@imc.org
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Subject: Re: Signing on behalf of somebody else
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:01:35 +0530
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Hi, A Company-specific signature is definitely acceptable. I guess, Nagraj's question related to signing on behalf of another individual ---- and, this had security implications. Regards. Rahul ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Ottaway" <w.ottaway@eris.dera.gov.uk> To: "Nagaraj Mandya" <nmandya@yahoo.co.in>; <ietf-smime@imc.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 01:40 PM Subject: RE: Signing on behalf of somebody else > > Hi Nagaraj, > > Have you looked at the DOMSEC draft? > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-smime-domsec-08.txt > > It allows for others to sign a message. It also specifies a domain/company > signature. A valid company signature means the message can be accepted > irrespective of whether there is an originator signature or not. > > Bill. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-ietf-smime@mail.imc.org > > [mailto:owner-ietf-smime@mail.imc.org]On Behalf Of Nagaraj Mandya > > Sent: 18 July 2001 05:13 > > To: ietf-smime@imc.org > > Subject: Signing on behalf of somebody else > > > > > > > > Hi, > > Is it possible for a mail being sent by one person > > be signed by a different person and still be treated > > as a valid signature? > > > > My problem is like this. Any mail that a client > > receives signed by a particular person's certificate > > should be considered valid by the client irrespective > > of who the actual sender is. > > > > Thanks. > > -- > > Regards, > > Nagaraj > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > For regular News updates go to http://in.news.yahoo.com >
- Signing on behalf of somebody else Nagaraj Mandya
- Re: Signing on behalf of somebody else Rahul Banerjee
- RE: Signing on behalf of somebody else William Ottaway
- Re: Signing on behalf of somebody else Rahul Banerjee
- RE: Signing on behalf of somebody else William Ottaway
- Re: Signing on behalf of somebody else David P. Kemp
- Re: Signing on behalf of somebody else Anders Rundgren