Hi Hector, On 7/17/20 9:01 AM, Hector Santos wrote: > Jim, if we review both RFC4686 and RC5016, I believe we might find > there is not much to be changed. However, imo, something will have to > be done regarding RFC5016 section 5.3 item: > > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5016#section-5.3 > 5.3. Practice and Expectation Requirements > > 10. SSP MUST NOT provide a mechanism that impugns the existence of > non-first party signatures in a message. A corollary of this > requirement is that the protocol MUST NOT link practices of first > party signers with the practices of third party signers. > > INFORMATIVE NOTE: the main thrust of this requirement is that > practices should only be published for that which the publisher > has control, and should not meddle in what is ultimately the > local policy of the receiver. > > This provision with strict protocol language "MUST NOT" prohibits any > DKIM Policy protocol, formally called SSP "Sender Signing Practices" > and now today, DMARC, from impugning on 3rd party policies such as how > a MLM operator via local policy exceptions can ignorantly and blinding > destroy the integrity and resign the mail instead of just honoring it. > > This language would have be updated or removed and just leave the > implicit idea that local policy always prevails in all SMTP situations.
Despite its use of normative language, RFC 5016 is an informational RFC and is therefore not binding on anything or anyone. I was primarily citing RFC 4696 and RFC 5016 as examples of the type of analysis I am hoping will be done for DMARC. > > Have a good weekend, be safe. You too. -Jim _______________________________________________ dmarc mailing list dmarc@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc