Hi Hector,

I don't feel strongly about the change.

At 22:59 11-04-2011, Hector Santos wrote:
>But the domain must not lie, which was one of the OP's concern, so I 
>think additional text to require the signer to use one of the h= specified.

Adding text in RFCs to prevent lies doesn't usually solve problems. :-)

>Overall, my suggestion for the text would be something like:
>
>    h=  A colon-separated list of hash algorithms that might be used
>        as acceptable hash algorithms. (plain-text; OPTIONAL,
>        defaults to allowing only standard registered algorithms).
>
>        When signing mail, the signer MUST use one of the h= methods
>        explicitly specified or implicitly using one the default
>        standard registered hash algorithms.
>
>        Verifiers not recognizing a hash algorithm or does not
>        match a= value MUST invalidate the signature.

The key in the text proposed earlier is "operational choice" (see 
what Tony suggested).  It is a fix that does not introduce any 
requirements.  The text proposed earlier takes into account what is 
stated in other sections of draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871bis-05.

Regards,
-sm 

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