DKIM was a synthesis within the IETF of two things (DomainKeys and
IIM) that started outside. It underwent significant evolution in the
IETF -- not once, but twice.
Actually, it wasn't.
The constituent parts were separately proposed, during the same initial
IETF discussions, and the IETF said to go away and come back after
reconciliation. That work was done by an ad hoc industry team and there
was a complete spec and initial implementations before the IETF was
again approached.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-allman-dkim-base-00
(and note that in the working group field on the title page, it says
"pre-MASS"...)
The work in the IETF was a refinement of a complete, integrated spec.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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