On October 12, 2005 at 19:36, "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" wrote: > At the moment it can't unless it assumes the order of the signature > headers is preserved. > > But this is very easy to fix as we discussed earlier. Have a requirement > that if a signer adds a signature to a message that already has one it > adds in a counter attribute with a higher counter value than any other > signature already present.
The order isn't sufficient since it requires an assumption on who the first signer is, which may not be sender or even the originating domain. I do agree that it would be nice to denote signing order. > I would also like to see a way for the signer to describe the role in > which they are accepting responsibility. It may not be possible to do > this in every case but if the signer can say that it is the originator, > a forwarder, a mailing list or whatever that will be usefull. Agreed. I've brought up the issue of signer roles, but it appears to have been rejected or gained no traction. --ewh _______________________________________________ ietf-dkim mailing list http://dkim.org
