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In message <CAAFsWK1mfEBLMZuD5n9iYG+K4-SMhA_sRKe2JHXwW+yOFb-
[email protected]>, Wei Chuang <[email protected]>
writes

>These are requests for clarification for draft-clayton-dkim2-spec-04
><https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-clayton-dkim2-spec-04>.

OK

>There are three major areas that potentially need more specification as
>they call into question some of the replay protections that motivated this
>effort.  It is also possible that I haven't kept track of all developments
>on this mailing list so I would be happy to be corrected and that my
>concerns are unfounded.
>
>First, one of the key features to prevent replay in a precise way is the
>"mf=" and "rt=" comparison, however the current specification lacks
>comparison of the local-part as far as I can tell.

I have rewritten this to clarify that the recipient of a message needs
to immediately check that the most recent DKIM2-Signature header field
has rt/mf values that match exactly with what was specified in the
RFC5321 conversation.

"Exactly" is a bit subtle for rt= since we now allow multiple RCPT TO

For checking the "chain of custody" local part does not matter (and we
allow sub-domains to match)

>Second, the verifier specification calls for checking the most recent
>DKIM2-Signature but does not describe validating the remaining of the
>DKIM2-Signatures or Message-Instances.

I have posted about what is needed already ... let's see if my new
version of document is precise and clear enough :)

>Third, there should be an alignment check between the "mf=" and "rt="
>domains and the DKIM2-Signature d= domains.

I think you mean just with MAIL FROM !

>  Ideally the domain names are
>matched with some allowance  subdomains i.e. "relaxed" matching.  For a
>given DKIM2-Signature at some "i=value", the "mf=" should match the "d=" at
>that value, and the "rt=" should match the "d=" for "value+1" if that
>DKIM2-Signature is present.

We already require mf/rt to match (in a relaxed way) so if mf= and d=
match then I think that is already covered

- -- 
richard @ highwayman . com                       "Nothing seems the same
                          Still you never see the change from day to day
                                And no-one notices the customs slip away"

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