...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:30:01 -0700 Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:42:01 -0700, Jon Callas wrote: >> > 1. DKIM makes it easier to detect sender forgery. The three important >> > kinds of forgery are: >> > >> I think I'm in violent agreement with you. I'd state it slightly differently. > > >I like your wording enough to suggest that we try to assess support for it among >the list. > >I'm suggesting some minor changes, only to tighten it up a bit: > > > There is nothing in an ordinary email message, except for the RCPT TO line > and the IP address of the host that sent it to you, that is a reliable > identifier. A validated DKIM signature lets you take some reasonable subset > of the message you received and know that it came from a designated source. > The main benefit of DKIM is that a validating agent can know where the > message came from. This is more reliability than email source > identification has ever had before. > > >How do folks feel about this characterization of DKIM? > Is this meant to be a characterization of DKIM exclusive or inclusive of SSP?
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