On 03/Sep/10 16:15, Hector Santos wrote: > Alessandro Vesely wrote: > >> Crypto stuff at connection time is a different ongoing task, which >> may be useful in countering replay attacks in general. Joint >> signatures and From-%-rewriting are two easier and more specific >> techniques for describing how responsibility is transferred when a >> message transforms into another. I mentioned them in this thread >> because I deem they are worth being considered, each in its niche of >> suitable use cases. > > [Importance of From] said, I believe what you speaking of is when a mail bot > completely take over a message from an authorized or intentional > design basis. i.e. a newsletter, a newspaper article, a read only > forum, whatever, etc, messaging usages were the From: is less > important and more of a "global entity."
Yes, I'm speaking of cases where the From is being rewritten already. Frankly, I don't like that the value of "From" be changed. However, in the regrettable case it is changed, it doesn't hurt if it is rewritten in a standardized way. And how about joint signatures? > Let me ask you this, does this apply to a MLM serving a LIST such as > this one? IETF-DKIM? Should it be programmed to change it to? Please refer to Charles' original proposal for details http://mipassoc.org/pipermail/ietf-dkim/2010q3/013807.html _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
