Mark Delany wrote: >> The universe of email is replete with software that forgives >> messages which do not conform strictly to the grammar that defines >> what valid email looks like. This is a long-standing practice known >> informally as the robustness principle, originally coined by Jon >> Postel: "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you >> accept from others." > > Well, I'm clearly the outlier here, but I think "be liberal" is > protocol nonsense that has been accepted as "conventional wisdom" for > far too long now.
> Put another way, "Accept crud and pass it on" constitutes good > protocol design? Gimme a break. > > More particularly, DKIM is a security protocol which means that "being > liberal" is entirely antithetical and highly risky to boot. > > In short, I don't think any part of DKIM should be based on "be > liberal" because it always trades off security. > Really, its an inappropriate attempt in a history lesson and it actually doesn't apply here. -- HLS _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
