At 02:02 17-07-2008, Rickard Bondesson wrote:
>You can with the MTA option specify which MTA it should sign messages
>for. The manual for dkim-filter says:
>
>"-m mta[,...]
>A comma-separated list of MTA names (a la the sendmail(8) Dae-
>monPortOptions Name parameter) whose mail should be signed by
>this filter. There is no default."
>
>Just by reading this will tell John Doe that he should put this option
>in his configuration file if he wants to be enabled to sign his
>messages.
>
>Eg.
>MTA exempel2.tset.se

The MTA is not a domain name.  It is the name assigned to that "MTA" 
definition.

>If:
>DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=exempel2.tset.se, Addr=mta.exempel2.tset.se, Port=smtp')
>
>Everything is fine except that this will enable signing of messages
>that are delivered from an external part according to the following
>scenario.
>
>The external part sends a message with the spoofed sender
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>exempel2.tset.se receives and signs this message since it "apparently"
>is from our domain and we have activated the MTA option. The MTA
>option will override the rule below, :
>"external host gw.iis.se attempted to send as exempel2.tset.se"
>, since it will sign everything that comes through the server and has
>it "origin" within its own domain.

According to the above, a message going through mta.exempel2.tset.se 
on port 25 will be signed.

>We have now successfully authenticated us as the "admin", by letting
>the server do the job for us. What is the point of using the MTA
>option? It should be clearer what this option will do to the behaviour
>of the system.

If you are doing SMTP AUTH, then let dkim-filter use that information 
for determining whether the message should be signed.

If you are using sendmail, you can define a MTA name for the 
submission port.  All messages submitted through that port gets 
signed if you specify it with -m or in your dkim-filter configuration file.

The MTA option is one of the many ways you have to tell dkim-filter 
which messages should be signed.

Regards,
-sm 


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