> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Thomas [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:46 AM
> To: Murray S. Kucherawy
> Cc: DKIM WG
> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Extensions (was RE: Proposal: Removal of AUID (i= 
> tag/value))
> 
> Huh? What is a= or d= or s= if not "meta-data about the signer"?

They're the parameters you need to complete verification, so they are data 
about the signature, not the specific signer.

I'm sure you're not saying "a=" can be used to identify someone or something.

> Having cross semantic correlation of what headers mean with the
> presence of dkim signatures from various different signers seems
> like a lot more of layer violation to me.

That a DKIM hash covers a header field doesn't assign any new meaning to the 
field.  It only guarantees its integrity.


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