No, I'm suggesting that they publish an explicit dkim=unknown if that is their 
intent.

-Jim


On Sep 7, 2010, at 4:31 AM, Douglas Otis <[email protected]> wrote:

>  On 9/6/10 7:59 PM, Jim Fenton wrote:
>> If you are using a subdomain and want to be doubly sure that nobody is 
>> using the parent domain check, you might want to publish an explicit 
>> ADSP record for the domain rather than rely on the default of 
>> "unknown" if that is what you want to assert.
> Jim,
> 
> Are you suggesting corp.paypal.com should use ADSP dkim=all?  This is 
> still likely to disrupt some mailing-list messages that corp.paypal.com 
> might desire to share, and allow spoofed messages to gain acceptance 
> using corp.paypal.com.
> 
> How will recipients know Jon Doe <[email protected]> is less 
> trustworthy than Jon Doe <[email protected]>?  Bad actors may only need 
> recipients to click on an attachment displayed as "paypal-policy.docx" 
> referencing paypal-policy.docx.exe, or a link offering details on 
> obtaining Referral Benefit pay-outs.
> 
> Ideally, only one domain should be used to exchange email, but currently 
> ADSP is unable to safely permit this practice.  Unfortunately, 
> subdomains are nearly as confusing as cousin domains.  However a 
> recipient is likely to be more wary of cousin domains and to recognize 
> paypal.com and trust its subdomains more than they should in this case.
> 
> -Doug
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