Re: [ietf-dkim] agenda item on upgrading hash algorithms?

2006-02-24 Thread Hector Santos
tation calls for. i.e. find out more about the host system it is about to send a "valuable" mail to. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP - should r= be localpart only?

2006-02-24 Thread Hector Santos
ble). Additional text along the following thought process SHOULD|MUST be needed: Validators are not obligated to honor this signer reporting tag, nor obligated to send reports to the signing domain. Maybe adding one sentence or short paragraph explaining the security reasons.

Re: [ietf-dkim] agenda item on upgrading hash algorithms?

2006-02-24 Thread Hector Santos
messages. If people think SHA-256 is vulnerable, then we need to be ready for additional methods. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] signature h= and z= tags

2006-02-24 Thread Hector Santos
Z headers match the H headers but contains the values used for hashing. --- Hector - Original Message ----- From: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "IETF-DKIM" Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:01 AM Subject: [ietf-dkim] signature h= and z= tags > I nee

Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-10 Thread Hector Santos
has direct effect on the original common Online Hosting Definitions: AUTHOR OPERATOR And an indirect effect with transport systems, if any, per RFC definition: ORIGINATOR SENDER There you go, all three spectrums. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http

Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-10 Thread Hector Santos
This is all depends on the binding of the headers. If the FROM: field is bounded to the signature, than it is 100% indeed tied to the author of the message. If the FROM: field is not bound to the signature, then it is more like you say. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http

Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-10 Thread Hector Santos
ER" to refer to the CLIENT/AUTHOR of the message if that the connotation you are referring too. A MAILER is "SOFTWARE" and more associated with the the transport/frontend system. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com [1] From CAN-SPAM: (16) SENDER.- (A)

Re: [ietf-dkim] Core algorithm support/use, draft text v2

2006-03-10 Thread Hector Santos
he type of "mechanical" engineering that keeps me interested. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com - Original Message - From: "Barry Leiba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DKIM IETF WG" Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:45 PM Subje

Re: [ietf-dkim] Concerns about DKIM and mailiing lists

2006-03-14 Thread Hector Santos
o. It is issue regarding more changes to software. If thats a barrier, then thats another issue. But it isn't complex in my opinion. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com [1] http://www.sympa.org/wiki/doku.php?id=dkim_and_mailing

Re: [ietf-dkim] Concerns about DKIM and mailiing lists

2006-03-15 Thread Hector Santos
do so in appropriate manner to minimize impact. A domain can not expect a signature that is most often found to be abused (broken) most of the time, to be viewed with trust the few times it is found to be successfully validated. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ---

Re: [ietf-dkim] Concerns about DKIM and mailiing lists, etc.

2006-03-15 Thread Hector Santos
Sounds we can just toss DKIM aside and wait until this new reputation trust-layer in introduced (or re-introduced). But this can be done independently anyway, so I am lost as too why DKIM is needed in the first place? -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Concerns about DKIM and mailiing lists, etc.

2006-03-16 Thread Hector Santos
choice but to provide a relaxed domain to him, even if they honors SSP or not. PS: I am willing to write a DRAFT I-D For "List Server DKIM Support Recommendations." Is that still desirable? -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com _

Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-16 Thread Hector Santos
er" for the Operator group, I would suggest you throw in the term "Provider" in the User group. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] New Issue: Analyzing Failures: List of Possible Reasons

2006-03-17 Thread Hector Santos
s support operations to increase the confidence of the system. By promoting the idea that these bad messages should be viewed as "No Signatures" messages, I can't help but seeing a "cry wolf" syndrome to occur. We already see this now with mangled listed mail. We ac

Re: [ietf-dkim] New Issue: Analyzing Failures: List of Possible Reasons

2006-03-17 Thread Hector Santos
stions. PS: To the "necessary folks", ignoring these concerns is in my view negligent of the engineering process. Don't be surprise of the "future critics" when the issues were pointed out now and you opted to ignore the messenger now in attempt to promote negative consensus a

Fw: [ietf-dkim] New Issue: Analyzing Failures: List of Possible Reasons

2006-03-18 Thread Hector Santos
Thanks for going back on-list. - Original Message - From: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] New Issue: Analyzing Failures: List of Possible Reasons Why go off list Bill? :-)

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

2006-03-22 Thread Hector Santos
- SSP processing offers short circuiting of remaining processing overhead - HASH-HDR processing offers short circuiting of remaining processing overhead and so on. So think of the verifiers. Signing is the easiest part. Get it right. The cost will be much higher later cleaning up the "me

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful - Correction

2006-03-22 Thread Hector Santos
Oy vey! Urghh! Correction! I meant there is "no doubt" in my mind. - Original Message - From: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Current model: > > TCO(DKIM1) = TCO(HASH-BODY)+ TCO(HASH-HDR) + TCO(SSP) > > The order of the pro

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM TCO

2006-03-22 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Eric Allman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Current model: >> >> TCO(DKIM1) = TCO(HASH-BODY)+ TCO(HASH-HDR) + TCO(SSP) >> >> The order of the processing above

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

2006-03-22 Thread Hector Santos
ifferently. But it's not impossible, as has been described. > > In short, I'm in favor of this change. > > Or perhaps I should have just said "me too". Ditto. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

2006-03-24 Thread Hector Santos
ual storage files, or 2) A smart MTA that performs template macro substitution dynamically at the SMTP session. Most models exist, DKIM caters to #1. #2 will require DKIM hashing at the SMTP stage. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com __

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM Working Group Summary, IETF 65

2006-03-24 Thread Hector Santos
oint over what how we expect to use it. If it isn't require to be honored than what's the point? That said, I think ideas like DDDS and similar concepts is a step in the right direction. SSP will offer ways to resolve so many issues of "expectation" in a highly chaotic wo

[ietf-dkim] SSP - Sender Signing [Policy | Practice | Profile] or DSP - Domain Signature Profile

2006-03-24 Thread Hector Santos
ge Signing Profile This keeps the door open to exposing more information about the SIGNER and not just SENDER. I like Profile because that is more accurate to what a vendor might help prepare for operators when setting up DKIM. He is setting up a DKIM Message Signing Profile. -- Hector Santos,

1193 Proposal Benefits: [Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful]

2006-03-24 Thread Hector Santos
address such PAYLOAD based protocols. This 1193 BodyHash proposal will fit exactly with what I expecting in my proposal: http://isdg.net/public/ietf/drafts/draft-santos-smtphead-00.html -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

2006-03-25 Thread Hector Santos
d-DKIM, can anyone explain to me why BAD actors will avoid the non-standard version? -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com - Original Message - From: "Barry Leiba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [

Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP - Sender Signing [Policy | Practice | Profile] or DSP - Domain Signature Profile

2006-03-25 Thread Hector Santos
ote: >> Another possibility is "Preferences" maybe? > I'd prefer a word that is descriptive of what the signer does, rather > than making a request of the recipient. I don't understand the last part of this sentence? Can you elaborate? How about? DSD - Dom

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

2006-03-26 Thread Hector Santos
IM proposal in flux that it would have a detrimental effect on the network once a better STD DKIM emerges? I don't think anyone can answer YES to that with a straight face. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

2006-03-27 Thread Hector Santos
on't even remember it (relaxed) even being discussed in the list - the change just appeared out of thin air when the current proposal was released. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

SSP RR vs TXT [was Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP and o= values]

2006-03-27 Thread Hector Santos
g with TXT (besides its obvious simplicity). Is this correct? If so, it is important? -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

2006-03-27 Thread Hector Santos
. I see no negatives whatsoever thus I didn't agree with Mikes plus/minus itemized list. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: SSP RR vs TXT [was Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP and o= values]

2006-03-27 Thread Hector Santos
bother to talking about RR and requiring specific Windows versions if it is going to cause problems with allman-01? -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://

Re: SSP RR vs TXT [was Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP and o= values]

2006-03-27 Thread Hector Santos
n we can't even get over the hump with Mike's compatibility concerns. :-) Doesn't make sense. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com - Original Message - From: "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The statement made

Re: SSP RR vs TXT [was Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP and o= values]

2006-03-28 Thread Hector Santos
Follow the MARID May/2004 "Wild Card MXes" Thread at: http://www.mhonarc.org/archive/html/ietf-mxcomp/2004-05/msg00504.html http://www.mhonarc.org/archive/html/ietf-mxcomp/2004-05/msg00461.html Bob Atkinson seems to explain in detail. --- Hector - Original Message - From: "Tony Hansen"

Re: [ietf-dkim] Draft DKIM minutes from IETF65

2006-03-28 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "DKIM Chair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DKIM Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Draft DKIM minutes from IETF65 > Audio archive: > http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/pub/videolab/media/ietf65/ietf65monch2.mp3. 1 > http://li

Re: [ietf-dkim] mailing lists and -base

2006-03-28 Thread Hector Santos
peoples input and discussions, providing the synergism for a courageous person to make the proposal official. So it wasn't just made up, Mike. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: SSP RR vs TXT [was Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP and o= values]

2006-03-30 Thread Hector Santos
uld you consider this to be too much overhead, making it impractical to expect clients to operate in this mode? -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for specifying syntax and semantics for multiple signatures

2006-04-01 Thread Hector Santos
ignore DKIM, putt on the idea of dealing with adding new signatures, and if they break the integrity, the blame is no longer on the middleware but on the domain owner for allowing risky mail to be put thru their system. That's my input on this. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. ht

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for specifying syntax and semantics formultiple signatures

2006-04-01 Thread Hector Santos
pening if its going to make the whole DKIM issue easier to a) adopt, b) program and c) remove liability and support responsibilities of the list owners. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for specifying syntax and semantics formultiple signatures

2006-04-02 Thread Hector Santos
ike Dave believe it should be, yet no semantics and rules applies, then how can you assign responsibility? You need some kind of interpretation if you wish to assign responsibility. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for specifying syntax and semanticsformultiple signatures

2006-04-02 Thread Hector Santos
at resolves many of the current signing questions. See http://www.winserver.com/public/ssp/ssp.htm Hopefully this will make some sense. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for specifying syntax andsemanticsformultiple signatures

2006-04-02 Thread Hector Santos
oftware and I don't see any common sense in the current suggestions. I see more harm than good. I am wrong, please sure how DKIM is safe without SSP. Please sure how you can in a much clearer and clean matter resolve all these questions without SSP. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software,

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for specifying syntax andsemantics formultiple signatures

2006-04-03 Thread Hector Santos
nflicts and failures. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com - Original Message - From: "Dave Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Barry Leiba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Eric Allman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, Apr

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for specifying syntax andsemanticsformultiple signatures

2006-04-03 Thread Hector Santos
is your public central server. The idea is that the bad guy does not have WRITE/DELETE access to your DNS KEYS. It has only READ ACCESS. Having WRITE/DELETE acess would be a protocol flaw or threat. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___

[ietf-dkim] Proposal change to 3.6.1 t=y Description

2006-04-05 Thread Hector Santos
high degree of failure. Verifiers should consider a tracking mechanism to limit the long term continued usage of the t=y flag to bypass any verification scoring and filtering employed by local policy. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronic

[ietf-dkim] Issue with threats-02: 1.1 Terminology and Model - SMTP != POP

2006-04-05 Thread Hector Santos
| 1. Terminology and Model | | ... | | DKIM operates entirely on the content (body and selected header | fields) of the message, as defined in RFC 2822 [RFC2822]. The | transmission of messages via SMTP, defined in RFC 2821 [RFC2821], and | such elements as the envelope-from and envelope

[ietf-dkim] Issue with threats-02: 1.1 Terminology and Model - SMTP != POP

2006-04-05 Thread Hector Santos
protocols other than SMTP, such as IMAP [RFC3501], HTTP [???], including during the mail pickup process with POP, IMAP as well at the MUA endpoint acting as a verifier. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com

[ietf-dkim] Issue with threats-02: 4.1.9. Body Length Limit Abuse - MUA mitigation

2006-04-05 Thread Hector Santos
ill have some standard "header" (Authorization-Result:) that the reader can use to extract and resent verification results. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal: get rid of x=

2006-04-07 Thread Hector Santos
27;t get to them in the normal 20 minutes and declare the > signature dead. The x=tag is the less of DKIM worries. See the t=y tag: // Local Policy: // - Watch for Perpetual Testing (t=y) Abusers // - 6 months Default if (IsTesting() && TestingDays() > LocalPolicy.MaxTes

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal: get rid of x=

2006-04-09 Thread Hector Santos
mplish that, then maybe it doesn't have any value. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] DKIM-BASE-00: Proposed Expiration Tag (x=) Description Change

2006-04-10 Thread Hector Santos
have a MSG.POSTTIME field So if we have add or a 3rd party developer adds a MUA based verifier, it would be faster to get this time rather than read the Received line. Small distinction, probably not even worth mentioning. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM-BASE-00: Proposed Expiration Tag (x=)Description Change

2006-04-11 Thread Hector Santos
xpiration descriptor will fall in line with the going on philosophy. Any who, I think it is useful. Whether how useful it is for the signer, it open to many interpretations based on what role you are playing. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal: get rid of x=

2006-04-11 Thread Hector Santos
ed change to use the message reception time: dynamic verification -> msg reception time = current time delayed verification -> msg reception time = 2822.Received: time This resolves the question on whether the expiration tag may be used to invalidate an already stored message based on th

Re: [ietf-dkim] Straw poll on x=

2006-04-11 Thread Hector Santos
Keep "x=" -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com - Original Message - From: "Stephen Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So, if you care, please respond to this message, including the list, > with one of: > > Get ri

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal: get rid of x=

2006-04-11 Thread Hector Santos
ssoc.org/pipermail/ietf-dkim/2006q2/003134.html -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Straw poll on x=

2006-04-11 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Mark Delany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:45 PM Subject: [ietf-dkim] Re: Straw poll on x= > Remove x= > > The tagging mechanism makes it trivial to add new tags. If at some > point in the future, x= is given a precise and purposefu

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM-BASE-00: Proposed Expiration Tag (x=)Description Change

2006-04-12 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Eliot Lear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> - Quickly disseminate the bad from the good, >> > Again, how? And I don't think you meant disseminate, but discriminate.

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-12 Thread Hector Santos
light prelude to what > you'll see in SSP debates Ha! You got that right! Boy did you make my day. :-) -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] Re: Why I think there's something wrong with Expiration

2006-04-12 Thread Hector Santos
ighlights, there are two cases here: - Expired Valid Signature - Expired Bad Signature The current semantics excludes the validity of the signature and probably this is because the semantic is associated with option (a) above. --- Hector - Original Message - From: "Eli

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal: get rid of x=

2006-04-12 Thread Hector Santos
ight need two things then: - Some result header (Has this message been verified yet?) - Specify that the Message Reception Time is the time to use for expiration comparison. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-12 Thread Hector Santos
fine by me too. We just need to make sure that it is consistent for both dynamic transport level verifiers and post transpost delayed verifiers. For the post/delayed verifier, I think it needs to emulated the dynamic verifier as must as possible. -- Hector Santos, Sant

Re: [ietf-dkim] Meaning of x= and DKIM signatures in general

2006-04-13 Thread Hector Santos
o apply to both equally, otherwise you can run into fuzzy inconsistent operations and sure enough, new legal issues as well, as you duly pointed out. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operat

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-13 Thread Hector Santos
at least seven days before being removed from the key |server. That basically means that x= must be used if there is planned event for selector removal within 7 days. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-13 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Douglas Otis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> That basically means that x= must be used if there is a planned event >> for selector removal within 7 days. > > When the transpo

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-13 Thread Hector Santos
, but in such a case, as long as the selector is still active and p= data is empty, x= is not required. You got your indicator. I think I might change my vote to "Get Rid of X=" :-) I still like the idea of expiring a signing on a per message basis. Pretty powerful option for sig

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-13 Thread Hector Santos
pickup. But the more you shift/delay your verification time, the more you get away from the real time dynamics of the system and you have more potential failure. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list

[ietf-dkim] x= date format yyyymmddhhss

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
ay, hour, seconds, optional. Most likely most expirations will be to the day or hour, so x=mmddhh would be sufficient for most needs. This will also be easier to read for diagnostics when eyeballing. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Douglas Otis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Unless it has help from the backend server, offline mail systems >> will not work very reliably when keys are being changed. >

[ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: Section 6.2 Get the Public Key

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
rom the "s=" tag. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: 6.2 - DNS error

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
M, as a payload solution, there will be operations in post smtp modes too. So this needs to mentioned/addressed as well. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to

Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: Section 6.2 Get the Public Key

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
Thats why I left it as Step Zero. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com - Original Message - From: "Eliot Lear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hector, > > I'd claim this i

Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: Section 6.2 Get the Public Key

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
same thing. Thanks -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com - Original Message - From: "Eliot Lear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "IETF-DKIM" ; "Eric Allman" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Douglas Otis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "IETF-DKIM" Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility > One simple soluti

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-14 Thread Hector Santos
pport SPF customers. For DKIM, ISP/ESP who begin to offer signing services, free, fee-based or otherwise will help the process. It will also depend a lot on vendors and/or 3rd party developers making this near-complex implementation easier. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://ww

Re: [ietf-dkim] x= lets senders expire responsibility

2006-04-15 Thread Hector Santos
kups on a regular basis. Delaying mail pickups over extended periods (Weeks), can cause false positives with DKIM signed messages." Or something like this. The vendor is aware of the situation and they will make sure the USER will be aware of the situation as well. -- Hector Sa

[ietf-dkim] Key Retention and Rollover Stategies

2006-04-16 Thread Hector Santos
Transport, Delay Verification c) Offline MUAs -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] Expiration Tag (x=) is required to minimize DNS lookups.

2006-04-18 Thread Hector Santos
o determine if a key is valid or not is by performing the lookup. I don't think this would be desirable in a wide-scale DKIM network. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates accor

Re: [ietf-dkim] Expiration Tag (x=) is required to minimize DNSlookups.

2006-04-18 Thread Hector Santos
you will have to address all the issues with this deprecation, including the high potential for failed DNS lookups. I failed to see why we would want to limit signers to expose this important possible key 'event'. I see negatives. No positives in it. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software,

Re: [ietf-dkim] Expiration Tag (x=) is required to minimize DNS lookups.

2006-04-18 Thread Hector Santos
ing the | domain from the "d=" tag and the selector from the "s=" tag. But then again, maybe I don't understand the "nit system" here which is a high possibility. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com _

Re: [ietf-dkim] Expiration Tag (x=) is required to minimize DNSlookups.

2006-04-18 Thread Hector Santos
you don't have to do an DNS lookup, and the specs has an implicit semantics to this effort, and the end results are the same whether you do or not, then why enforce it? Thanks -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Straw poll on x=

2006-04-18 Thread Hector Santos
date. + | 1. Retrieve the public key as described in (Section 3.6) using the | domain from the "d=" tag and the selector from the "s=" tag. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE W

Re: [ietf-dkim] Expiration Tag (x=) is required to minimizeDNSlookups.

2006-04-18 Thread Hector Santos
ation. :-) I don't believe we have a complex situation with the x=tag. You have the same time-shifted issues with it or without it, but in my view, even more issues are introduced without it. If you don't think so, see section 6.2 step 2. Do you any rat-hole there? :-) Thanks -

Re: [ietf-dkim] Collecting SMTP delivery data.

2006-04-18 Thread Hector Santos
What exactly are we looking for here? What's the goal? - Average User Mail Reception Time? - Average POP3/IMAP Polling Time? --- Hector - Original Message - From: "Lyndon Nerenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:

Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for x=

2006-04-19 Thread Hector Santos
ection 6.2 (now step 3). [X] Allow for optimization consideration (No Verification Required). [X] Remove Information Note about replay attacks. Considered or not, DKIM can't control what the VERIFIER will experience and the knowledge gain to address such issue

Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for x=

2006-04-19 Thread Hector Santos
don't think this information notes is necessary. I think covered it with the 3rd note. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for x=

2006-04-19 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Paul Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 2:37 PM -0400 4/19/06, Hector Santos wrote: > > >>Verifiers SHOULD support checking of x= values. > > > >I think this must be a MUST. In my view, this is risking malpr

Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for x=

2006-04-19 Thread Hector Santos
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for x= > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >At 2:37 PM -0400 4/19/06, Hector Santos wrote: > > Try i

Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for x=

2006-04-19 Thread Hector Santos
and the 451 recommendation is not something verifiers will just willing honor across the board. That is definitely a candidate for local policy setting to 551. In short, the coding for the verifier might be: NXDOMAIN, no tag, not expired ---> 451 NXDOMAIN, signature expired--

Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: 6.2 - DNS error

2006-04-20 Thread Hector Santos
tries, so that > messages with key retrieval problems are not rejected entirely. Jim, Wouldn't that create a loophole? -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to h

Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for x=

2006-04-20 Thread Hector Santos
er Cox Communications, Inc. Alpharetta GA 404-847-6397 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hector Santos Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:07 AM To: Stephen Farrell Cc: ietf-dkim Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Attempted text for

Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: 6.2 - DNS error

2006-04-20 Thread Hector Santos
s. Whether it is the best way for one site to operate, that's a different question. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

[ietf-dkim] x= date format and support logic

2006-04-20 Thread Hector Santos
it is, we have no choice but to use the 2822.Received: time. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Notes from DKIM jabber meeting on 20 April 2006

2006-04-21 Thread Hector Santos
erified as good, not today, but when it was used? There doesn't > seem to be any added storage cost or processing cycles, since either > way, you have to have the key to test it, just the question of which > date to compare to. Right. Defining the timestamp is important. I believe

Re: [ietf-dkim] Notes from DKIM jabber meeting on 20 April 2006

2006-04-21 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Sandy Wills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hector Santos wrote: >> >> Right. Defining the timestamp is important. I believe it should be >> generically described as the transaction reception time - the time >> it arri

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM verification actors

2006-04-21 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Michael Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DKIM Chair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > IMO, the problem here saying that MUA's can praticipate in > verification is a large rathole. +1. The standalone DKIM-ready MUA authors have all the information they need (2822.Receive

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM verification in MUAs

2006-04-21 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "John Levine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 2) MUST perform the verification within the "transport window", >> typically 7 days. > > Sorry, no, we're back to a previous argument. If someone goes away > for two weeks, and comes back and picks up his mail, his MUA is go

Re: [ietf-dkim] DKIM verification in MUAs

2006-04-21 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Paul Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 2:08 PM -0400 4/21/06, Hector Santos wrote: > >Any MUA DKIM-Ready software using the current time is going to quickly > >slammed and classified as buggy, broken software. > > You are f

Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: 6.2 - DNS error

2006-04-21 Thread Hector Santos
- Original Message - From: "Jim Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hector Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: 6.2 - DNS error >>> This points out another problem: if a verif

Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: 6.2 - DNS error

2006-04-21 Thread Hector Santos
a BCP will correct. If it was that easy, to use incremental BCP documents to correct the design issues that you knew existed, we wouldn't have these problems today. 20 years ago I can understand. Not today, we have hundreds of thousands of man-years here and we know enough to know what the issu

Re: [ietf-dkim] dkim-base-01: 6.2 - DNS error

2006-04-22 Thread Hector Santos
ys broken (or non-verifiable) in step 2? PS: The above step I wrote was basically something it should not say. I view that as a loophole bad actors will exploit. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ___ NOTE

Re: [ietf-dkim] Notes from DKIM jabber meeting on 20 April 2006

2006-04-22 Thread Hector Santos
ware to purge the message from the system. But while it is still alive and available, once you read it, at best, the presentation software could or might be fancy enough to tell you that it has already verified but now expired message. Anyway, that's my view. -- Hector Santos,

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