On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 3:51 PM Alessandro Vesely <ves...@tana.it> wrote:

> (This message is not going to be accepted by the IETF today, so I CC John
> too)
>

Why wouldn't your email be accepted?

>
> On Sun 30/Jan/2022 05:25:30 +0100 Dave Crocker wrote:
> >>> 3. The role of the function that uses the PSD and the role of the
> >>> function that does a tree walk are identical.  Since you apparently
> feel
> >>> otherwise, please explain.
> >>
> >> A PSD is potentially useful for DMARC policy determination if no policy
> exists
> >> for the exact domain or the organizational domain.  It is not useful for
> >> evaluating relaxed alignment.  Only the organizational domain can be
> used for
> >> that.  So I do not think you are correct.
> >
> > The RFC  9091 does not contain the word 'relaxed', so I'm curious about
> the
> > basis for your assertion of the limitation.
>
>
> Let me ask if the following scenario is possible at all:
>
> .BANK admins decide to setup a DKIM signing service for .bank domains.
> They
> register dkim.bank, and accept and relay messages originating from their
> customers, signing them with d=dkim.bank.  (Compare to onmicrosoft.com?)
>
> They may consider that a tangible way to protect .bank domains.
>
> Will that work to validate, say, mail From: acco...@havenbank.bank?
>
> Let's be realistic, any organization providing a DKIM signing service (but
> why would banks divert their mail flows to go through such a service?) can
> easily sign in an aligned manner for any unique domain. I did this for
> multiple domains (about 6,000) with different mail systems at various times
> (Ironport, Message Systems, etc). If such a service or system couldn't sign
> for unique domains on the fly, it shouldn't be used.


The reality is that people are trying to jump through all kinds of hoops in
support of a bad idea.

Michael Hammer
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