On Jun 8, 2014, at 12:15 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't think it's that easy -- the domains that matter most are the
> big public providers and ISPs.  The domain-based 3rd-party auth
> schemes have a severe scaling problem in those cases.  I think the
> dkim-delegate scheme actually is likely to scale better, and adapt
> better to individual user needs.

Dear Stephen,

Considered how weak signing schemes can be abused, especially for small 
messages.  Short expiry offers little protection nor will capturing To: or Cc: 
headers or including BCC domains in the 'D' list. This solves a parochial 
interest and overlooks other serious issues. 

Email is only protected by assessing validated source domains.  Once a source 
is validated, a TPA-Label should allow the DMARC domain to grant needed 
alignment exceptions AND retract them when abused.  That is a feature missing 
in a DKIM delegation scheme that also seems likely to imperil safe use of BCC.  
Frankly, DMARC already exposes those even merely receiving messages.  Nor will 
this scheme satisfy uses exemplified by services offered by Intuit.

It seems the greater good is to adopt a scheme able to handle any eventual 
abuse and encompasses all the issues.  If it is worth doing, it is worth doing 
right.

Regards,
Douglas Otis  

  

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