Re: [ietf-dkim] summarizing my understanding of the errata discussion & a proposal

2009-02-06 Thread Douglas Otis
On Feb 5, 2009, at 8:08 AM, Jon Callas wrote: >> Statements that imply the i= value is always OPAQUE prevents its >> utilization for highlighting purposes with respect to identity >> assurances, even when there is an exact match and this value could >> be said to not be opaque. This also se

Re: [ietf-dkim] summarizing my understanding of the errata discussion & a proposal

2009-02-06 Thread Eliot Lear
On 2/6/09 2:00 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote: > RFC4871 is a body of specific text. Either one publishes replacements > for its text or one publishes a rule that can be used for replacing > text. The current Errata draft does the former. You want to do the > latter. > > The latter invites one reader

Re: [ietf-dkim] summarizing my understanding of the errata discussion & a proposal

2009-02-06 Thread Dave CROCKER
Eliot Lear wrote: >> It is common for Errata to provide precise corrections. That means >> supplying >> the exact text that needs to be changed. While a generic "warning" is >> comforting, it is not precise. > > While I am very much amenable to a different set of text, I do not > accept your

Re: [ietf-dkim] summarizing my understanding of the errata discussion & a proposal

2009-02-06 Thread Eliot Lear
Dave, On 2/6/09 4:20 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: > Eliot Lear wrote: > > Here, the consumer of this information, the verifier, is warned against > > making use of i=. However, what we are now saying is that practical > > deployment experience requires a stronger warning; that absent > > a