[ietf-dkim] CHANGE OF IETF DKIM LIST POSTING ADDRESS

2018-03-15 Thread Dave Crocker
to the new address. (You presumably already seen the announcement of your auto-subscription to the new address.) d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list

[ietf-dkim] change of venue for ietf-dkim mailing list

2018-02-14 Thread Dave Crocker
over there. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions of RFC822 mail messages, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-11 Thread Dave Crocker
applicable to this list. They are the same as you had so much trouble with, previously. Then please consider unsubscribing, since restraint within the bounds of professional behavior appears to (continue to) be absent from your repertoire. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions of RFC822 mail messages, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-11 Thread Dave Crocker
offers no actual value, is about as practical as any standards issue can get. Protocol complexity matters, especially for features that have no immediate use. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions of RFC822 mail messages, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-11 Thread Dave Crocker
syntactic and semantic aspects of the changes that are being signaled. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions of RFC822 mail messages, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-10 Thread Dave Crocker
internal to the DKIM module. the former merely requires a new table entry. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions of RFC822 mail messages, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-10 Thread Dave Crocker
natural, existing point for going to a different protocol. Different protocol? Yes. Current DKIM does not require support for unrecognized tags, beyond the initial set. You want to require support for additional tags. That's a fundamental change; so it isn't 'DKIM'. It's somet

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions of RFC822 mail messages, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-10 Thread Dave Crocker
likes it or doesn't. That is there are no contingent behaviors in the exchange. In a unilateral activity like DKIM, the mere presence of the usage "featurex=..." serves to flag that featurex is used. There is no incremental benefit into moving the flag elsehwere. d/ -- Dave Crock

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions of RFC822 mail messages, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-10 Thread Dave Crocker
) have no dependency on the email transport mechanism. In fact, you've tripped into the core debate that originally triggered the parallel, /competing/ efforts that produced ESMTP and MIME. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-10 Thread Dave Crocker
SMTP? Which is to day, thanks for demonstrating my point: the 'version' flag is implicit with the features that are added. If they are present, you have the 'newer' version. These are not 'version' flags. They are feature indicators. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWork

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-09 Thread Dave Crocker
technically has worked to avoid learning any lessons from this disparity... d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
On 2/8/2018 4:42 PM, Michael Thomas wrote: Besides if you wanted to go from DKIM to EKIM, you'd be opening pandora's box imo. The pandora's box is creating an incompatible new version. All the rest is just engineering and operations tradeoffs. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5260)

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
e = 1*ftext NEW: field-name = 1*ftext ; case insensitive, per sections 2.2 and 3.6 or somesuch. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
-level switching versus low-level, and the long-term costs of transition mechanisms. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5260)

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
ing at least back to RFC 733. Violation of 'intent' is the criterion for an RFC erratum. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
that fails if a verifier can't handle it. Change to basic semantics of the protocol. Hence, new protocol. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
On 2/8/2018 9:45 AM, John R. Levine wrote: Huh?  v=1 code doesn't know what the new features would be. Re-read what I wrote. The code that knows to dispatch to v=2 can, just as easily, parse for the strings associated with the new features. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
invalid, which isn't ideal but isn't wrong. the code that tests for the v= parameter could, just as easily, check for the presence of the new features. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5260)

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
ignatures Publication Date: September 2011 Author(s) : D. Crocker, Ed., T. Hansen, Ed., M. Kucherawy, Ed. Category: DRAFT STANDARD Source : Domain Keys Identified Mail Area: Security Stream : IETF Verifying Party : IESG -- Dav

Re: [ietf-dkim] versions, Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
n. As you note, a new header-field would be appropriate here. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
cross all technical cultures, experiential sets, and protocol layers. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
the followup. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Where is the formal definition of DKIM-Signature?

2018-02-08 Thread Dave Crocker
.  Send an erratum, we'll probably accept it as hold for update. In RFC 6376, note Section 3.2 on tag lists. The ABNF shows no sensitivity to ordering. (The linkage to DKIM-Signature is Section 3.5, first paragraph.) d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Mailsploit

2017-12-05 Thread Dave Crocker
of a message and even its authorship.) d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Mailsploit

2017-12-05 Thread Dave Crocker
On 12/5/2017 1:33 PM, Steve Atkins wrote: It's a DMARC issue rather than a DKIM one. How is it a DMARC issue? d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf

Re: [ietf-dkim] Fwd: SendGrid, GetResponse and Hubspot being used over DKIM "patent"

2017-12-05 Thread Dave Crocker
this distraction. You are now returned to matters of substance... d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5137)

2017-10-04 Thread Dave Crocker
er, the ABNF specifies %76 which is the letter "v", not the letter "k". The correct value is %x6b. oops. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5137)

2017-10-03 Thread Dave Crocker
b [FWS] "=" [FWS] key-k-tag-type Notes - The key-k-tag should (presumably) start with the letter "k" to match the other key-LETTER-tag definitions and to match the "k=" heading. However, the ABNF specifies %76 which is the letter "v", not the lette

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5070)

2017-07-15 Thread Dave Crocker
em cleaner to me. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5070)

2017-07-15 Thread Dave Crocker
e tag-value is empty/omitted. Hitting 'obsolete' RFC5322 syntax doesn't bother me all that much, given that there is now a long history of non-enforcement; the constructs were never seriously deprecated. But the proposed change does seem cleaner to me. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg Inte

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (5070)

2017-07-15 Thread Dave Crocker
C5322 syntax doesn't bother me all that much, given that there is now a long history of non-enforcement; the constructs were never seriously deprecated. But the proposed change does seem cleaner to me. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (4926)

2017-02-13 Thread Dave Crocker
don't think the difference matters, in this case, in terms of IETF process or actions. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (4926)

2017-02-07 Thread Dave Crocker
st folk know what it is and is not useful form. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (4926)

2017-02-07 Thread Dave Crocker
e considerably more crisp. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (4926)

2017-02-07 Thread Dave Crocker
, punctuation, or syntax error that does not affect the technical meaning The current error has technical import, since we are talking about a broken validation. So, I'm not at all clear that this qualifies as only an 'Editorial' error. Mumble. d/ -- Dave Crocker

[ietf-dkim] Fwd: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (4926)

2017-02-07 Thread Dave Crocker
G'day. Looking for a community determination, here: The DKIM spec's examples in A.2 and A.3 do not explicitly claim to be related to each other. However they do contain the same message, so that assuming a relationship seems pretty reasonable. As such, calling the point raised in this

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (4810)

2016-09-26 Thread Dave Crocker
Am I missing it? But basically, yeah, this looks to me like something needing to be fixed. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Fwd: [Lurk] Another outside the "box" use case: DKIM

2016-04-21 Thread Dave Crocker
;. That DKIM might have other benefits is nice, and might be added benefits, they weren't the issue that was raised. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc

Re: [ietf-dkim] Fwd: [Lurk] Another outside the "box" use case: DKIM

2016-04-21 Thread Dave Crocker
ary of private keys to be associated with the domain name. So assigning one solely for use by a third-party -- and deciding when to terminate it -- is convenient and carries no effect on other uses. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM Key Size Constraints

2015-05-13 Thread Dave Crocker
of algorithm and key-length, it needs to be asserted as an operational convention, not in the base protocol d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] Error in RFC 5321 concerning SPF and DKIM

2014-07-20 Thread Dave Crocker
lists, to make sure that everyone there sees this. But please post any followups to the SMTP list.) Thanks! d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (3758)

2013-10-20 Thread Dave Crocker
, perhaps. However we could develop a referential norm, independent of that, and then call for its use whenever docs are modified. Something like the email header naming convention would make sense. Hence: Signature.v = Key.h = d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (3758)

2013-10-20 Thread Dave Crocker
, but sure, why not. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Fwd: Request to move RFC 5617 (ADSP) to Historic

2013-09-12 Thread Dave Crocker
that. It means that it has no community traction. ADSP more than qualifies on the pragmatics of failure. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] Fwd: Request to move RFC 5617 (ADSP) to Historic

2013-09-11 Thread Dave Crocker
/ Original Message Subject: Request to move RFC 5617 (ADSP) to Historic Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:09:14 -0700 From: Dave Crocker dcroc...@bbiw.net Organization: Brandenburg InternetWorking To: Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org, Pete Resnick resn...@episteme-software.com Folks

Re: [ietf-dkim] [apps-discuss] Fwd: Request to move RFC 5617 (ADSP) to Historic

2013-09-11 Thread Dave Crocker
relevant to this thread, nor the first at all within IETF participation guidelines. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] STD 76, RFC 6376 on DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures

2013-07-11 Thread Dave Crocker
On 7/11/2013 12:48 PM, rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org wrote: RFC 6376 has been elevated to Internet Standard. cool. congrats to us all. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http

Re: [ietf-dkim] Weird i= in client mail

2013-06-20 Thread Dave Crocker
On 6/20/2013 10:00 AM, Jon Callas wrote: It has many potential uses, but within DKIM itself, it's an expansion socket. I tend to characterize it as an opaque cookie. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list

[ietf-dkim] value-added DKIM-ish enhancements )was - Re: Weird i= in client mail)

2013-06-18 Thread Dave Crocker
in the DKIM d= field, or at least have an organizational domain match (that is, match at the name portion that was delegated by a registry. Oh, wait. That's DMARC. See? It's possible. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Weird i= in client mail

2013-06-17 Thread Dave Crocker
that a minor point, for the kind of question being asked here. -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Weird i= in client mail

2013-06-17 Thread Dave Crocker
different views. None of the alternatives was in the spec and therefore none were standardized. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] The good ol' t= tag in key records

2012-07-26 Thread Dave Crocker
On 7/23/2012 8:20 AM, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net mailto:d...@dcrocker.net wrote: Here are two small tweaks that might correct things: y This domain is testing DKIM. Verifiers MUST NOT treat messages

Re: [ietf-dkim] The good ol' t= tag in key records

2012-07-23 Thread Dave Crocker
wish to track and report testing mode results to assist the Signer. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] Announce: Maturing DMARC implementations through an interoperability event

2012-06-15 Thread Dave Crocker
Maturing DMARC implementations through an interoperability event... At the end of January, the DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting Conformance) specification was publicly announced with extensive media coverage, blog posts and discussion. Since that time various folk have

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (3192)

2012-04-16 Thread Dave Crocker
+1 /d -- Dave Crocker bbiw.net -Original Message- From: Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org To: RFC Errata System rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org Cc: dcroc...@bbiw.net dcroc...@bbiw.net, tony+dki...@maillennium.att.com tony+dki...@maillennium.att.com, m...@cloudmark.com m

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (3192)

2012-04-16 Thread Dave Crocker
raises a small question of needing notes to the editor advising hands off for such segments. /d -- Dave Crocker bbiw.net -Original Message- From: Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org To: Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org Cc: RFC Errata System rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org, dcroc

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6376 (3192)

2012-04-16 Thread Dave Crocker
is that the existing notation for communicating inline to the RFC editor is sufficient. That is, I'd expect the real issue being one of getting us all to tell you what not to format, rather than one of creating a new notation. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Doublefrom language should be in ADSP, not core

2011-07-11 Thread Dave CROCKER
(or other non-standard measures) for it to be something we should care about. I think the language we've proposed in response to the DISCUSS covers this appropriately. +1 d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL

Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-08 Thread Dave CROCKER
, particularly not tutorials that constantly repeat first principles. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-08 Thread Dave CROCKER
it is relevant to DKIM, and some indication of concern for that threat among a range of people The main effect of responding to isolated, terse concerns is to create a record that can be read as giving credence to those threats. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-07 Thread Dave CROCKER
a recipient. A signer cannot attack DKIM's mechanisms. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-07 Thread Dave CROCKER
is countering? The word reliability has no meaning in this context. On the other had, misunderstandings about implied or actual data validity is /exactly/ the issue this text is /intended/ to cover. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-07 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 7/7/2011 7:18 AM, John R. Levine wrote: I would also be interested in seeing an example of a case where adding an extra From: line changles the d= in a DKIM signature. no you wouldn't. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-07 Thread Dave CROCKER
a From: field of bad-ac...@bad-host.example.com does provide any obvious basis for giving more 'credence' to the trustworthiness of the author or the message content. but this does raise the question of how many times this point needs to be made? d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg

Re: [ietf-dkim] Final update to 4871bis for working group review

2011-07-06 Thread Dave CROCKER
/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Pete's review of 4871bis

2011-06-29 Thread Dave CROCKER
for such an effort and the community's demonstrated problems with the problematic text are all clear enough to easily justify our continuing to expend significant effort and to further delay publication of this document. Not. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Pete's review of 4871bis

2011-06-29 Thread Dave CROCKER
category an attack falls into? d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] spam filtering 101, was DKIM expert group meeting for Dutch 'comply or explain' list

2011-06-27 Thread Dave CROCKER
/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] spam filtering 101, was DKIM expert group meeting for Dutch 'comply or explain' list

2011-06-24 Thread Dave CROCKER
to trick filters and users. We should have the DKIM signing specification normatively require checking for every known technique, since we cannot be sure that any other part of the system will perform the necessary checks. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] I-D Action: draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871bis-11.txt

2011-06-15 Thread Dave CROCKER
://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871bis/ now automatically provides a copy of a diff between the new version and the previous version: http://tools.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871bis-11 d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] New canonicalizations

2011-05-31 Thread Dave Crocker
the difference between formulatng a model of trusting the sequence of message handlers, versus devising an authentication technique that survives the sequence of handlers. Unfortunately, operational changes for security tend to make a more fragile model. d/ -- Dave Crocker bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] MLMs and signatures again

2011-05-26 Thread Dave CROCKER
existing practices and treating them as definitive of future needs and uses. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] New canonicalizations

2011-05-25 Thread Dave CROCKER
with additional types of breakage, since there is no attempt to cover such additional examples. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] 8bit downgrades

2011-05-24 Thread Dave CROCKER
' is a useful construct when projecting Internet-scale transitions of infrastructure service... d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] New canonicalizations

2011-05-24 Thread Dave CROCKER
me as far to complex and fragile to be reasonable. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Certifying the DKIM public key?

2011-05-23 Thread Dave CROCKER
. One would have expected a former author of the spec who so-often proclaims their expertise to understand the semantics of DKIM better. On the other hand, it does nicely show that implementing code doesn't mean understanding what it is for... d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg

Re: [ietf-dkim] 8bit downgrades

2011-05-22 Thread Dave CROCKER
and there are already efforts ongoing that will make is /less/ useful. To gain extremely widespread deployment, those efforts will need a very long time, of course, but nonetheless, they are happening. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Certifying the DKIM public key?

2011-05-22 Thread Dave CROCKER
when included in the set of h= covered header fields. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Certifying the DKIM public key?

2011-05-22 Thread Dave CROCKER
work is actually about behavior, except when the identity-related certification couples one identifier to another (or, my familiarly, one identifier to an identity.) d/ ps. none of this has anything to do with the current DKIM wg tasks, of course... -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg

Re: [ietf-dkim] 8bit downgrades

2011-05-20 Thread Dave CROCKER
share it. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Section 3.7 s/content-hash/body-hash/?

2011-05-17 Thread Dave CROCKER
. The proposed change tries to move some of the processing into the parameter, and hence is not an interface specification (unless, for example, the goal is to tell the caller to truncate the body, rather than have the subroutine do the truncating. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking

Re: [ietf-dkim] New canonicalizations

2011-05-16 Thread Dave CROCKER
of algorithms is defined to be extensible, anyone feeling that an additional algorithm is warranted is free to define it and seek community consensus for it. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates

Re: [ietf-dkim] discardable, was Last Call: draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists-10.txt (DKIM And Mailing Lists) to BCP

2011-05-16 Thread Dave CROCKER
deal of debate, and I see no evidence that the definition is defective. +1 to the -1. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] New canonicalizations

2011-05-16 Thread Dave CROCKER
a standards-track specification for it being adopted, it's not interoperable. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] New canonicalizations

2011-05-16 Thread Dave CROCKER
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Re: [ietf-dkim] MLM and C14N

2011-05-15 Thread Dave Crocker
+1. No. John R. Levine jo...@iecc.com wrote: No. +1 to the No. ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM and mailing lists

2011-05-12 Thread Dave CROCKER
/11/2011 10:36 AM, John R. Levine wrote: ... but you should blame me for the whole thing, borrowed or otherwise. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org

Re: [ietf-dkim] PROTO writeup for draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists-10

2011-05-11 Thread Dave CROCKER
is the benefit of introducing a possible linkage? 3. As negotiating model's go, it is counter-productive to open with a fall-back offer. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according

Re: [ietf-dkim] PROTO writeup for draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists-10

2011-05-11 Thread Dave CROCKER
it as a *better* mechanism for this document than BCP, if the IESG decides that it agrees. The experiment is seeing if the IESG agrees, and the fall-back is BCP. Perhaps I missed the working group discussion that agreed to this approach? d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking

Re: [ietf-dkim] PROTO writeup for draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists-10

2011-05-11 Thread Dave CROCKER
. The construct is currently unused and is also currently under discussion. IMO, we should stay away from nascent experiments about fuzzy topics with a poor track-record. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM and mailing lists

2011-05-11 Thread Dave CROCKER
material. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] l= statistics was 23 again (sorry John) was Output

2011-05-09 Thread Dave CROCKER
, it occurs to me that the folks doing this form of +1 might mean ship it or they might mean preference for replacing with one-page doc or, failing that, ship it. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL

Re: [ietf-dkim] l= statistics was 23 again (sorry John) was Output

2011-05-09 Thread Dave CROCKER
cleaner to drop it now and explore re-introducing it in the effort to develop that template. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] l= statistics was 23 again (sorry John) was Output

2011-05-09 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 5/9/2011 1:14 PM, Steve Atkins wrote: On May 9, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: Oddly, I'm finding myself coming to believe that its use within a coordinated template for mediators might actually being helpful. This assumes, of course, that the template can be specified and gain

Re: [ietf-dkim] Issue: Consider deprecating l=

2011-05-09 Thread Dave CROCKER
for claiming that those using it find no benefit in it. Hence (and with regret): -1 d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] l= statistics was 23 again (sorry John) was Output

2011-05-08 Thread Dave CROCKER
to be correct. In practical terms for the current world, what is the likelihood that a signer has any information about the 'type' of an email address? How can a signer possibly know that an addressee is a mailing list??? d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: [ietf-dkim] Output summary - Keep your Eye on the Prize!

2011-05-08 Thread Dave CROCKER
of a DKIM signature. That's not benignly unnecessary. That's actively counter-productive. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Ticket #17

2011-05-08 Thread Dave CROCKER
that someone chooses to keep raising settled or non- issues does not obligate others to respond. That would make things go considerably quicker. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according

Re: [ietf-dkim] l= statistics was 23 again (sorry John) was Output

2011-05-08 Thread Dave CROCKER
. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] issue: Section 2.6/ 3.5 AUID/i= should have pubkey t=s info

2011-05-05 Thread Dave CROCKER
=s, then the domain name MUST be the same as SDID. For DKIM processing, See above. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list

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