Re: [ietf-dkim] [Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-fenton-dkim-reputation-hint-00]

2009-02-13 Thread Sean Shen
Hi, Jim, I just read the draft and feels not sure about some point: In the last paragraph of section 1, you said: In order to permit useful reputation accrual, the value of the reputation tag will typically need to be stable over a relatively long period of time. The use of a tag which

Re: [ietf-dkim] Requesting working group LastCall on: draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata-02

2009-02-13 Thread Wietse Venema
Siegel, Ellen: I for one would prefer a straight up +1/-1 vote on the errata draft as it stands. +1 I do agree that it would be a Good Thing to roll this and all the other errata into a -bis spec draft, but think that it would be better to nail down what we have as errata first

Re: [ietf-dkim] Requesting working group LastCall on: draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata-02

2009-02-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Siegel, Ellen: +1 +1. Wietse +1 --srs ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Requesting working group LastCall on: draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata-02

2009-02-13 Thread Eliot Lear
would any of the people who are saying +1 please answer the following two questions: 1. Beyond confusion surround i=, what is the interoperability problem? 2. Is it possible to correct the problem without additional text? A reference to a previous message that answers these questions would be

Re: [ietf-dkim] Requesting working group LastCall on: draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata-02

2009-02-13 Thread Stephen Farrell
Folks, Please hold off on +1's etc until Barry I respond to Dave's request for a WGLC. If and when we do WGLC then you'll need to resend anyway, so there's no need now. S. ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to

Re: [ietf-dkim] alternate proposal to draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 05:38:34PM -0500, Siegel, Ellen wrote: ... The Signer MAY choose to use the same namespace for its UAIDs as its users' email addresses, or MAY choose other means of representing its users. However, the signer SHOULD use the same UAID for each message intended

Re: [ietf-dkim] alternate proposal to draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata

2009-02-13 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Jeff Macdonald wrote: In other words, I think the intent is that messages using the same UAID MUST be intended to be evaluated as sharing the same sphere of responsibility (this is a mandate on the sender's usage, not on the receiver's interpretation); senders SHOULD thus

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Fwd: New Version Notification fordraft-fenton-dkim-reputation-hint-00]

2009-02-13 Thread Jim Fenton
Sean Shen wrote: Hi, Jim, I just read the draft and feels not sure about some point: In the last paragraph of section 1, you said: In order to permit useful reputation accrual, the value of the reputation tag will typically need to be stable over a relatively long period of time.

[ietf-dkim] Status and direction

2009-02-13 Thread DKIM Chair
Stephen, Pasi, and I have been considering the status and direction of the DKIM working group, and we think some clarification and procedural steering is important right now. Here are some thoughts of the chairs, Stephen and me, on where we are and what we need to do next. Recent discussion

Re: [ietf-dkim] Status and direction

2009-02-13 Thread Dave CROCKER
Barry, Sorry for being so confused, but I'm hoping you can clear up some questions: DKIM Chair wrote: Recent discussion has brought up the point that, while we had consensus in 4871 about i=, Recent discussion also brought up the point that this assertion was factually incorrect and that

Re: [ietf-dkim] alternate proposal to draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata

2009-02-13 Thread Douglas Otis
On Feb 13, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Ellen Siegel wrote: Can you explain why you think this makes it impossible to use i= in an arbitrary way? I don't see that that usage is excluded. If it's not intended to be stable, there is no constraint at all except that it can't use an identical

Re: [ietf-dkim] Status and direction

2009-02-13 Thread Jon Callas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Barry, I think that we're dealing with a false dichotomy between a straw man and beating a dead horse with a red herring. 4871 is in my opinion as an author clear about i=. You have but to read it and the informative notes. One might think it's

Re: [ietf-dkim] Status and direction

2009-02-13 Thread John Levine
Therefore, the first thing we have to do, right now, is take care of the errata, with clarification, but not change, on the i= issue. Dave's draft clarifies the meaning and use of i=. It's time for a last call on it. R's, John ___ NOTE WELL: This

Re: [ietf-dkim] alternate proposal to draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871-errata

2009-02-13 Thread SM
At 15:58 13-02-2009, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: We SHOULD NOT (in 2119 terms) make any changes to the base spec, which is followed by a growing deployed base, via erratum or a full revision in a way which establishes any new constraints. A base specification generally takes a minimalist approach

Re: [ietf-dkim] Status and direction

2009-02-13 Thread DKIM Chair
Responding to Dave's, Doug's, and John's replies (I'll get to Jon's later)... Dave says... Recent discussion has brought up the point that, while we had consensus in 4871 about i=, Recent discussion also brought up the point that this assertion was factually incorrect and that there is no

Re: [ietf-dkim] Status and direction

2009-02-13 Thread DKIM Chair
Jon says... 4871 is in my opinion as an author clear about i=. You have but to read it and the informative notes. One might think it's amorphous, but it's at least an explicit amorphousness. It survived a rough consensus, at least implicitly. I will summarize 4871 as signers can do whatever

Re: [ietf-dkim] Status and direction

2009-02-13 Thread Dave CROCKER
DKIM Chair wrote: Dave's draft clarifies the meaning and use of i=. It's time for a last call on it. Stephen was planning to do that on Monday. thanks for clarifying that. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net