On 12/29/2014 10:40 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
TO:
>> >
DMARC evaluation can only complete and yield a "pass" result when one
of the underlying authentication mechanisms passes for an aligned
identifier. If neither passes and one or both of them failed due to
>> >a
temporary error, the Receiver evaluating the message is also unable
>> >to
conclude that the DMARC mechanism had a permanent failure and thereby
can apply the advertised DMARC policy.
>> >
>> >This looks good to me.
> Shouldn't it be cannot apply the advertised DMARC policy?
Actually, no, but I also was confused. It took me some serious effort
to decide that the current wording was correct. And a spec should not
require that sort of linguistic diligence, IMO.
Looks like a small change can make your form correct...
So I suggest:
DMARC evaluation can only yield a "pass" result after one
of the underlying authentication mechanisms passes for an aligned
identifier. If neither passes and one or both of them fails due to a
temporary error, the Receiver evaluating the message is unable to
conclude that the DMARC mechanism had a permanent failure; they
therefore cannot (yet) apply the advertised DMARC policy.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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