On Wed 11/May/2016 17:29:18 +0200 Kurt Andersen (b) wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:55 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote:

[... assume ARC-Seal: i=0 still verifies ...]

>>> ARC-0 is substantially equivalent to a weak signature.  The ARC-Seal
>>> field proves that the originator was involved.  ARC-Message-Signature
>>> is expected to be broken by forwarders.  ARC-Authentication-Results may
>>> contain just an auth stanza, with a possibly redacted authenticated
>>> identity.
>>
>> Doesn't the i=1 ARC set also prove the originator was involved?

No, it doesn't.

> Yes, AS[1] testifies to the Authenticated-Results of receiving the message
> from the originator.

That only proves the first receiver was involved.  A final receiver may trust
its results or not.

Ale

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