On 2/1/2024 12:28 PM, Jon Callas wrote:
So that gets to the tacit question -- what should a DKIM implementor do? Me, I
would*not*
put in code looking for bare CRs or LFs. My major rationale is an
appeal to layering, or bluntly, it's not my job to enforce RFC 5322
syntax. Someone else in the pipeline is supposed to do that, and all I
can do is screw things up.
This.
A 5322 processor gets to decide what is a valid message. That's not
DKIM's job. And DKIM has no inherent reason to care about CR or LF on
their own, as distinct from any other character on its own.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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