This is all depends on the binding of the headers. If the FROM: field is bounded to the signature, than it is 100% indeed tied to the author of the message.
If the FROM: field is not bound to the signature, then it is more like you say. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Otis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator > > What do other folks think? > > DKIM is not about defining the author of the message and would > conflict with the charter. Only when the signing-domain coincides > with that of the email-address, are _assumptions_ possible. > Assignment of accountability does not scale down to the user, and > DKIM itself offers no protection beyond the domain. Rather than > seeing this as a trail that starts with the author, these roles are > better broken down into MTA functions that have already been > established, MSA, Mediator, MDA. > > -Doug > _______________________________________________ > NOTE WELL: This list operates according to > http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html > _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
