On August 15, 2005 at 09:53, Douglas Otis wrote: > The term "responsible for the message" gives the impression of > authorship. How about "accountable for permitting the submission of > the message (by an unknown author)"?
According to Webster, "responsible" and "accountable" are basically interchangeable. I think your second sentence hits a key point, "What form of responsibility does a signer take when it signs a message?". Is it responsible for allowing the submission of the message? Is it responsible for the contents of the message? Both? Taking responsibility on the submission of a message is different than responsibility of its contents. BTW, as DKIM is currently defined, a DKIM signature may not be by the party that allowed initial submission of the message. DKIM either needs stronger binding semantics, or it needs to limit when signing can be done. > Be explicit about roles. Agreed. --ewh _______________________________________________ ietf-dkim mailing list <http://dkim.org>
