Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Dave CROCKER d...@dcrocker.net wrote: Although some folk have done a +1 for one (or another) removal, I'd like to get a round of explicit reactions to the specific idea of removing /both/. +1 -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 10/15/2010 10:28 AM, Jeff Macdonald wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Dave CROCKERd...@dcrocker.net wrote: Although some folk have done a +1 for one (or another) removal, I'd like to get a round of explicit reactions to the specific idea of removing /both/. +1 Folks, The

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Michael Thomas
On 10/15/2010 08:28 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: On 10/15/2010 10:28 AM, Jeff Macdonald wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Dave CROCKERd...@dcrocker.net wrote: Although some folk have done a +1 for one (or another) removal, I'd like to get a round of explicit reactions to the specific

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Barry Leiba
I'd like to ask a procedural question of the chairs: Dave killfile's many participants, therefore any consensus he sees will merely reflect the echo chamber of his own making. So I strongly object on procedural grounds for authors who kill file people in general, and for those asking for

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Hector Santos Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 10:17 AM To: IETF DKIM WG Cc: Barry Leiba Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition So I

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Barry Leiba
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Hector Santos hsan...@isdg.net wrote: In fact, I have been looking at RFC 2026 Section 6.5.1 (a) as an reason to appeal based on the principal key editors are knowingly filtering input from WG participants.  I know both Dave and Murray are doing this and both

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Michael Thomas
On 10/15/2010 10:32 AM, Barry Leiba wrote: I'd like to ask a procedural question of the chairs: Dave killfile's many participants, therefore any consensus he sees will merely reflect the echo chamber of his own making. So I strongly object on procedural grounds for authors who kill file

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Barry Leiba
I was threatened with legal action [...] I understand why you posted this, but, please, let's not continue this sort of discussion on the list. Everyone, we're here to find consensus and develop specifications. Let's no one attack anyone else; let's work on cooperating. As a conference button

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Jim Fenton
On 10/15/10 7:28 AM, Jeff Macdonald wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Dave CROCKERd...@dcrocker.net wrote: Although some folk have done a +1 for one (or another) removal, I'd like to get a round of explicit reactions to the specific idea of removing /both/. +1 Given the lack of

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Hector Santos
Of Hector Santos Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 10:17 AM To: IETF DKIM WG Cc: Barry Leiba Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition So I strongly object on procedural grounds for authors who kill file people in general, and for those asking for consensus in particular

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Jim Fenton Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 10:25 AM To: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition Given the lack

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 10/15/2010 1:32 PM, Barry Leiba wrote: Dave killfile's many participants, therefore any consensus he sees will merely reflect the echo chamber of his own making. So I strongly object on procedural grounds ... Mike, you needn't object unless the chairs put people in our kill-files,

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 15/10/10 18:32, Barry Leiba wrote: I'd like to ask a procedural question of the chairs: Dave killfile's many participants, therefore any consensus he sees will merely reflect the echo chamber of his own making. So I strongly object on procedural grounds for authors who kill file people

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Michael Thomas
On 10/15/2010 11:19 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: On 10/15/2010 1:32 PM, Barry Leiba wrote: Dave killfile's many participants, therefore any consensus he sees will merely reflect the echo chamber of his own making. So I strongly object on procedural grounds ... Mike, you needn't object

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Michael Thomas
On 10/15/2010 10:45 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: In this case, I don't recollect an objection, so thus far, it seems to me that Dave's correct on this one. I think its perfectly fine for an editor to try to close off things that seem to have a clear consensus like this. Stephen -- the issue

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-15 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 15/10/10 19:48, Michael Thomas wrote: On 10/15/2010 10:45 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: In this case, I don't recollect an objection, so thus far, it seems to me that Dave's correct on this one. I think its perfectly fine for an editor to try to close off things that seem to have a clear

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 10/13/2010 1:52 PM, Jim Fenton wrote: I propose removing section 3.6.1.1 in its entirety. Not only do I support this, but I think we can remove all references to DomainKeys, except for the obvious historical reference to its role as input to DKIM. At the time DKIM was developed, worrying

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Tony Hansen
Even though I supported the addition of wording on how to improve the compatibility with DomainKeys records, I would support removing the new proposed section 3.6.1.1 for the reasons Dave brings up. But I'd like to ask the question: Is it still worth changing that section into a WARNING for

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 10/14/2010 9:05 AM, Tony Hansen wrote: Is it still worth changing that section into a WARNING for people upgrading from DomainKeys, saying to make darn sure that they REMOVE g=; in their old DNS records because of interoperability issues? So the question becomes: if we remove the

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Dave CROCKER d...@dcrocker.net wrote: On 10/13/2010 1:52 PM, Jim Fenton wrote: I propose removing section 3.6.1.1 in its entirety. Not only do I support this, but I think we can remove all references to DomainKeys, except for the obvious historical reference

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Bill.Oxley
agreed On Oct 14, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: On 10/13/2010 1:52 PM, Jim Fenton wrote: I propose removing section 3.6.1.1 in its entirety. Not only do I support this, but I think we can remove all references to DomainKeys, except for the obvious historical reference to its

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Dave CROCKER Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:10 AM To: IETF DKIM WG Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition On 10/13/2010 1:52 PM, Jim

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Jim Fenton
On 10/14/10 6:30 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: On 10/14/2010 9:05 AM, Tony Hansen wrote: Is it still worth changing that section into a WARNING for people upgrading from DomainKeys, saying to make darn sure that they REMOVE g=; in their old DNS records because of interoperability issues? So

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Barry Leiba
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Tony Hansen t...@att.com wrote: Even though I supported the addition of wording on how to improve the compatibility with DomainKeys records, I would support removing the new proposed section 3.6.1.1 for the reasons Dave brings up. But I'd like to ask the

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Michael Thomas
On 10/14/2010 11:54 AM, Barry Leiba wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Tony Hansent...@att.com wrote: Even though I supported the addition of wording on how to improve the compatibility with DomainKeys records, I would support removing the new proposed section 3.6.1.1 for the reasons

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread J.D. Falk
On Oct 14, 2010, at 5:09 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: On 10/13/2010 1:52 PM, Jim Fenton wrote: I propose removing section 3.6.1.1 in its entirety. Not only do I support this, but I think we can remove all references to DomainKeys, except for the obvious historical reference to its role as input

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Tony Hansen
Barry, there are crossing questions. This question came up in response to removing 3.6.1.1 totally separate from the question of removing g= altogether. If we remove 3.6.1.1 without removing g= altogether, the question below becomes pertinent. If we remove g= altogether, then we can remove

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread John R. Levine
No, that doesn't solve the problem for all of the implementations that are out there now that implement 4871. Removing g= is only going to make the situation even worse because you've now taken away the documentation. I wouldn't be opposed to moving it to an appendix of deprecated features,

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Dave CROCKER Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:33 PM To: Tony Hansen Cc: IETF DKIM WG Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition Although

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of John R. Levine Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:31 PM To: Barry Leiba Cc: IETF DKIM WG Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Jim Fenton
On 10/14/10 3:30 PM, John R. Levine wrote: No, that doesn't solve the problem for all of the implementations that are out there now that implement 4871. Removing g= is only going to make the situation even worse because you've now taken away the documentation. I wouldn't be opposed to

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread John R. Levine
if for nothing else to ensure that some future DKIM++ doesn't inadvertently reuse g= to mean something else. Isn't that what the IANA registry is there to prevent? I dunno. What does IANA do in cases like these? Regards, John Levine, jo...@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of The Internet for

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Steve Atkins
On Oct 14, 2010, at 4:44 PM, John R. Levine wrote: if for nothing else to ensure that some future DKIM++ doesn't inadvertently reuse g= to mean something else. Isn't that what the IANA registry is there to prevent? I dunno. What does IANA do in cases like these?

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Steve Atkins Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:00 PM To: DKIM List Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition http://www.iana.org/assignments

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-14 Thread Tony Hansen
On 10/14/2010 6:30 PM, John R. Levine wrote: I wouldn't be opposed to moving it to an appendix of deprecated features, if for nothing else to ensure that some future DKIM++ doesn't inadvertently reuse g= to mean something else. Since this particular feature is apparently used in about .0007%

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-13 Thread Barry Leiba
   If a v= value is not found at the beginning of the DKIM key record,    the key record MAY be interpreted as for DomainKeys [RFC4870].  The    definition given here is upwardly compatible with what is used for    DomainKeys, with the exception of the g= value.  In a DomainKeys    key

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-13 Thread Barry Leiba
    If a v= value is not found at the beginning of the DKIM key record,     the key record MAY be interpreted as for DomainKeys [RFC4870].  The     definition given here is upwardly compatible with what is used for     DomainKeys, with the exception of the g= value.  In a DomainKeys     key

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-13 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Barry Leiba Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:46 PM To: IETF DKIM WG Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition Everyone, please weigh

Re: [ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-13 Thread SM
At 13:03 13-10-10, Barry Leiba wrote: To avoid second-guessing in a security context, and because DomainKeys is an obsolete protocol, DKIM verifiers MUST interpret this situation in DKIM terms, matching only empty i= values. Changing the g= definition takes advancement

[ietf-dkim] Last call comment: Changing the g= definition

2010-10-12 Thread Jim Fenton
This is a comment on the new section 3.6.1.1, Compatibility Note for DomainKeys, that suggests a different interpretation of the g= tag in the key record if the v= value is not present at the beginning of the record. The section says: If a v= value is not found at the beginning of the