Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Friday 25 August 2006 17:48, Jim Fenton wrote: > >> While we aren't defining reputation or accreditation services in this >> working group, it has been widely suggested that such services would use >> the d= domain on the signature as the "lookup key" for retrieving >> reputation or accreditation information. >> > > Yes and IIRC, in the discussions about DKIM-base it was largely assumed d= > would point to the operator's domain. > I don't recall that at all. Yes, signing would normally be done by the operator (I think I have the terminology straight on this...) but I believe we were referring to the operator of the domain that the author belongs to (in the case of an origination signature). >> Some implications of this change in responsibility: >> >> 1. Responsible domains using SSP delegation will not be able to change >> signing providers (delegatees) without forfeiting any positive >> reputation they have accumulated. It should really be the delegator's >> positive reputation, because they are the ones acting responsibly in >> their mailing practices and/or the use of outside mailing providers. It >> should not be necessary to start over if you change ISPs or outbound >> marketing providers. >> > > I can see this going either way. In the end the operator controls what goes > out and what doesn't. Both the author domain and the operator domain can > allow bad things to happen. Only the operator is in a position to be > assured of preventing them. > I'm pretty sure I have the "operator" terminology messed up, then.
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