MH Michael Hammer (5304) wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:ietf-dkim-
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Murray S. Kucherawy
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:55 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] double header reality check
>>
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
>> There has been talk of applying DKIM to technologies like 
>> Usenet and HTTP output.  Packing DKIM with mail-specific 
>> verification requirements could prevent such things from happening.  
>> Shall we also add a "but only when used in the email context" clause?

> Seeing as the M in DKIM stands for Mail, we don't have to put a "but
> only when used in the email context" clause. If a DKIM like approach is
> used for other protocols then we might reasonably text specific to those
> protocols - DKIH (Domain Keys Identified HTML as an example). 

I guess because we are already integrated with different mail formats, 
I don't see the difference other than having implementation specific 
setup features.

For example a signing setup with a target rule

         Signer Domain::Target Domain

where the association will enforce certain headers to be signed.

In the case of usenet (or nntp specifically), the considerations might be:

    - enforce Path: header
    - enforce (maybe) Newsgroups: header
    - relaxed signing To: header (since its To: ALL for news)

But if you want to see how email is gated into public newsgroup areas, 
check out

     news://news.winserver.com

(use an anonymous account to login).

You will see how newsgroups are used for various list. One for the 
IETF-DRAFT submissions and other list areas shown as local public 
newsgroups.

One of interest where DKIM is used is the SPF-DISCUSS list/newsgroup 
where you can see the 10/17/2010 article titled:

       [spf-discuss] SPF Mail Summary Report

and if you view the message source and headers, you will see the 
Authorization-Results: header:

Authentication-Results: dkim.winserver.com;
   dkim=pass header.i=listbox.com header.d=listbox.com header.s=launch;
   adsp=fail policy=all author.d=winserver.com asl.d=listbox.com 
(unauthorized signer);
   dkim=fail (DKIM_BODY_HASH_MISMATCH) header.i=winserver.com 
header.d=winserver.com header.s=tms1;
   adsp=pass policy=all author.d=winserver.com signer.d=winserver.com 
(originating signer);

When our system generated the weekly Summary Report, it was DKIM 
signed and exported  to the spf-discuss mailing list. The list server 
than broke and resigned it and when the copy came back to us, it will 
DKIM verified and put into the newsgroup area.


-- 
Hector Santos, CTO
http://www.santronics.com
http://santronics.blogspot.com


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