Andrew Newton wrote: > > On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: > >> Andrew Newton wrote: >>>>> DKIM's ability to identify a domain owner is [also] bounded by >>>>> whatever checks a registration authority imposes. >>> >>> could be read to mean some domain registration rules can be counted >>> upon for this purpose. Practically speaking, I don't think this is >>> true at all. >> >> Would s/bounded/limited/ fix the problem? > > I am thinking "no." DKIM's ability to identify a domain owner is not > limited by registration authority rules because there may be or will > be reputation services separate from the registration authority.
Precisely. We need to separate what DKIM does from what reputation services do. > Besides, I don't think DKIM is ever identifying the owner of a domain > name since that information is not in DNS. If the Acme Widget company > has the domains acmewidgets.com, acme-widgets.com, and > acme-widgets-inc.com, there is nothing in DNS that tells me all three > are owned by Acme Widgets (well, nothing you can rely upon). You're right. The information is contained within the registries. Whether a recipient can access that information ALSO depends on the registry policies. Eliot _______________________________________________ ietf-dkim mailing list http://dkim.org
