On 10/20/10 9:30 PM, MH Michael Hammer (5304) wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-
>> boun...@mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Murray S. Kucherawy
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:55 PM
>> To: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org
>> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] double header reality check
>>
> <SNIP>
>
>> There has been talk of applying DKIM to technologies like Usenet and
> HTTP
>> output.  Packing DKIM with mail-specific verification requirements
> could
>> prevent such things from happening.  Shall we also add a "but only
> when
>> used in the email context" clause?
>>
>
> Seeing as the M in DKIM stands for Mail, we don't have to put a "but
> only when used in the email context" clause. If a DKIM like approach is
> used for other protocols then we might reasonably text specific to those
> protocols - DKIH (Domain Keys Identified HTML as an example).

Yep. Or other protocols will use parts of DKIM. Like with MIME 
(Multipurpose Internet /Mail/ Extensions); it has been used by other 
protocols as well.

/rolf

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