Re: [ietf-dkim] Should DKIM drop SSP?

2005-10-28 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 12:30:39PM +0100, Stephen Farrell wrote: > > Doug, > > This thread doesn't really appear to be going anywhere. > > Someone earlier asked you to provide examples. Why don't > you do that in a new thread - just an example showing the > worst bad effect you claim but withou

Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP security relies upon the visual domain appearance

2005-11-17 Thread Jeff Macdonald
om: IETF-DKIM No-Reply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Douglas Otis > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Yes, this is valid 2822. I wonder what it breaks... While it is valid, can anyone point to it being actually being used? -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging

[ietf-dkim] o=! breaking current practices

2005-11-18 Thread Jeff Macdonald
checks. I do believe he said the banks understood that may mean some legitimate mail may not be delivered. This is meant as a simple data point and nothing more. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Fwd: I-D ACTION:draft-fenton-dkim-threats-02.txt]

2006-01-16 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ven't heard anyone else > yelling eureka! either. That's because it takes a while to digest what Doug is trying to say. So while I'm not saying 'eureka!', I'm also not saying 'nonsense!'. I suspect that this may be true of others who are lurking. --

[ietf-dkim] Can vendor's really say they have DKIM support yet?

2006-02-01 Thread Jeff Macdonald
The standard isn't finalized yet, correct? So how can we have vendors say they have conforming implementations? I'm talking DKIM, not DK. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 ::

Re: [ietf-dkim] Can vendor's really say they have DKIM support yet?

2006-02-01 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 08:49:44AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: > > > Jeff Macdonald wrote: > >The standard isn't finalized yet, correct? So how can we have vendors > >say they have conforming implementations? > > > >I'm talking DKIM, not DK. > &

Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-10 Thread Jeff Macdonald
nal model of Originator and Operator. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: www.e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This

Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-10 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:27:40AM -0500, Jeff Macdonald wrote: > However, if we just talking mail streams and not content, then I like > your original model of Originator and Operator. Let me ammend that. I just re-read your definition of Originator and that doesn't talk about mail

Re: [ietf-dkim] ABNF: Sender = Originator / Operator

2006-03-17 Thread Jeff Macdonald
t; +0.90 > > This is much better Dave. > > But I'm not use to the term "Retailer." If you can find another term... +1 when you find another term for Retailer. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hart

Re: [ietf-dkim] Trust Annotation Support

2006-04-25 Thread Jeff Macdonald
of > notation or semaphore. > > Signer trust semaphores should be coupled with the signature. I do like this semaphore/opaque token idea. I think it answers Laura Mathers' question (at the sender authentication summit) about MUA's showing only quoted parts. -- :

Re: [ietf-dkim] All done on potential SSP requirements?

2006-08-04 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ated battles to add more key considerations that were > talked about but ignored. +1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: w

Re: [ietf-dkim] The problem with sender policy

2006-08-07 Thread Jeff Macdonald
tionship and only when the Receiver _wants_ this relationship does the trust mechanism come into play. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781

Re: [ietf-dkim] The problem with sender policy

2006-08-08 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 06:03:34PM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote: > > > Jeff Macdonald wrote: > >> senders are not the right people to judge their own importance. > > > > So, I've been thinking pretty much the same thing after seeing all the > > recent t

Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP = FAILURE

2006-09-09 Thread Jeff Macdonald
While I agree with this observation, I find the discussion very educational. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: w

Re: accept, deny, or other delivery decisions (was Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP= FAILURE DETECTION)

2006-09-13 Thread Jeff Macdonald
he receiver) and a block or placement into the bulk folder happens. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: www.e-dialog.com

Re: Additional lookups (was Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: 1368 straw-poll)

2007-03-01 Thread Jeff Macdonald
e of giving different treatments to different > types of "other". +1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: www.e-dialog.com

Re: [ietf-dkim] 1365 yes/no

2007-03-01 Thread Jeff Macdonald
d mail." > > If you want to eliminate that requirement say: +1 > If you want to keep that requirement say: -1 > > Remember: wordsmithing is for later. > > Stephen. > > ___ > NOTE WELL: This list operates according t

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dkim-overview-04.txt

2007-03-13 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 08:43:58AM -0400, Tony Hansen wrote: > In other words, would folks prefer to: > > A. Expedite publishing the Overview documents, in order to facilitate > development and deployment of the -base specification (with an update > later on for SSP), or +

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dkim-overview-04.txt

2007-03-13 Thread Jeff Macdonald
telling the world that DKIM isn't ready. I don't think the 'world' understands that DKIM is just a building block. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwel

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dkim-overview-04.txt

2007-03-15 Thread Jeff Macdonald
of > that larger community. (Dare I note that even within the working group, > there is often disparity on basic point about DKIM, which -overview ought > to be useful in settling? So who is overview really for? Management or implementors? -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, M

Re: [ietf-dkim] Strawpoll on SSP requirement 5.3.10

2007-03-22 Thread Jeff Macdonald
- > > 1) Exclude this requirement (don't mention it) > 2) Include this requirement as a MUST NOT > 3) Include this requirement as a MAY > 4) Inlcude this requirement as a SHOULD > 5) Inlcude this requirement as a MUST #1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging

Re: [ietf-dkim] lets add one more shall we?

2007-06-09 Thread Jeff Macdonald
name. I didn't think they were proposing any particular name, just that after looking up the MX record, the corresponding A lookup failed. Surely all MTAs should be able to handle that case. Newer ones would realize that the domain in question doesn't want any mail, while older o

Re: [ietf-dkim] RE: I think we can punt the hard stuff as out ofscope.

2007-06-09 Thread Jeff Macdonald
g IP. If that's the case, shouldn't the deprecating of A lookups when a MX lookup fails be brought to the SMTP group? -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Principal Engineer, Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 7

Re: [ietf-dkim] Jim's issues - one more try

2007-06-09 Thread Jeff Macdonald
something else) >Issue#2: -1 - Don't use TXT at all, only use new RRs for SSP +1 >Issue#3: +1 - Define an upward query based approach to finding SSP > statements >Issue#3: -1 - Define a wildcard based approach to finding SSP > sta

Re: [ietf-dkim] The (really) latest SSP draft

2007-10-23 Thread Jeff Macdonald
gcompany.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] d=bigmarketingcompany.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc. One signing domain, one DKIM entry in DNS, but many identities. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781

Re: [ietf-dkim] The (really) latest SSP draft

2007-10-24 Thread Jeff Macdonald
erent type of mail streams (transactional,marketing,etc) by using IPs. The same can be accomplished with DKIM and i=. I also hadn't realized that DKIM was strictly meant to benefit receivers. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Har

Re: [ietf-dkim] The (really) latest SSP draft

2007-10-24 Thread Jeff Macdonald
nts, not different > categories. Ah, I see the disconnect. bigmarketingcompany is not the same as ESP. Here's a better example: d=mattel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] d=mattel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] d=mattel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] d=mattel.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director o

Re: [ietf-dkim] The (really) latest SSP draft

2007-10-24 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 11:57:43AM -0400, Hector Santos wrote: > Jeff Macdonald wrote: > > >> I also hadn't realized that DKIM was strictly meant to benefit >> receivers. > > Did you really think DKIM will alter the deeply embedded mail filtering > landscape?

Re: [ietf-dkim] Nits with section 3 Operation Overview

2007-10-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
equal to d=, why there needs to be further validation. Why would a signing domain add an i= that would not be responsible? If the answer is "because you can", why would one believe that d= would be responsible? -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EM

Re: creeping i= (was RE: [ietf-dkim] Responsibility vs. Validity)

2007-12-10 Thread Jeff Macdonald
gle identifer, which clearly isn't the case.) this thinking needs to be applied to d= too. And once you do that, then the logical conclusion (well, to me :)) is that d= isn't any better as an identifier. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Issue #1512: Re: making SSP useless in one short step

2007-12-11 Thread Jeff Macdonald
t: Get a great rate today! You'd accept the message? -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: www.e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WEL

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: NEW ISSUE: Simplify SSP decision tree

2007-12-11 Thread Jeff Macdonald
r example, does p=strict, t=testing mean? It seems like a silly-state to me and ripe for confusion. It's that sort of subjective state that we should both learn from SPF and avoid. +1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell

Re: [ietf-dkim] NEW ISSUE: Change "originator" to "author"

2007-12-11 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ion to "originator" need to be changed to "author", +1 unless the reference really means rfc2822.sender, in which case they should be changed to that. -1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | L

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1521 -- Limit the application of SSP to unsigned messages

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
-party signature, and mail without valid signature. +1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: www.e-dialog.com

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1525 -- Restriction to posting by first Author breaks email semantics

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
rk on SSP is attempting to instead validate authorship. DKIM needs to say what part of DKIM asserts a new identity. What is the output of DKIM? And should that output be treated as opaque. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell A

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1525 -- Restriction to posting by first Author breaks email semantics

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 10:41:05AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: Jeff Macdonald wrote: In any event, "on behalf of" is key wording that permits more flexibility than you seem to be acknowledging. Note, for example, that the agent specified in the Sender field is acting "on

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: A proposal for restructuring SSP

2008-01-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
atus codes. Interesting suggestion Frank. In you mind would this be a 5.7.x enhanced status code? -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 | f: 781-863-8118 :: www.e-

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1525 -- Restriction to posting by first Author breaks email semantics

2008-01-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:18:08AM -, Charles Lindsey wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:52:57 -, Jeff Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 09:46:26AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: In any event, "on behalf of" is key wording that permits more flexi

Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: A proposal for restructuring SSP

2008-01-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 03:34:33PM +0100, Frank Ellermann wrote: 5.7.0 is apparently too unspecific. In theory SSP could create its own 5.7.x if the eight existing codes are not good enough: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3463#section-3.8 That is what I'm getting at. A new 5.7.x. -- ::

Re: [ietf-dkim] SSP-02 the problem with Author Signature

2008-02-20 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ot;Author Domain" signs the message, >the message is complaint with the "Author Domain's Signing Policy" _by >definition_. > >4) Only when the message is not signed by the "Author Domain", is the >"Author Domain Signing Policy" in need of checkin

Re: [ietf-dkim] Practices protocol naming poll (Closing issue 1550)

2008-03-28 Thread Jeff Macdonald
> think we do have consensus to prefer "Practice" instead, so I > made that change. > > ___ > NOTE WELL: This list operates according to > http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messag

Re: [ietf-dkim] New Issue: The term identity in the overview

2008-03-28 Thread Jeff Macdonald
r. There is lots of advice for a company (an identity) to put different types of mail streams on different IPs. So logically one would use different DKIM identifiers to accomplish the same thing with DKIM. I know we can't tell receivers what to do, but I'm sure we don&#x

Re: [ietf-dkim] Are subdomains like parent domains?

2008-05-05 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ng > one wants for that is a mechanism that groups them all together. It would be nice that some BCP says d= should be treated as an opaque value since I don't think the DKIM spec says such a thing. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL

Re: [ietf-dkim] forward movement, please? (was RE: Are lookalike domains like parent domains?)

2008-05-07 Thread Jeff Macdonald
> Instead of discussing how many angels fit on a pinhead, I suggest > that we do something sensible, like: ADSP is bound to DNS, and > therefore it's defined only for author domains that exist in DNS. +1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messagin

Re: [ietf-dkim] subdomain strawpoll

2008-05-07 Thread Jeff Macdonald
rately discuss what, > if anything, should go into the security considerations section that > covers the issue. Actually, even keeping it in, we should probably > add some new sec. cons. text derived from the recent discussion, but > let's see if we've consensus first. > &g

Re: [ietf-dkim] Consensus check: Domain Existence Check

2008-05-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
I too like the wording in draft-levine-dkim-adsp-00, but I'm not sure if that means a modify or remove. draft-levine-dkim-adsp-00 doesn't list steps like the current -03 draft does. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Ha

Re: [ietf-dkim] The purpose of an existence/validity check

2008-05-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
IM is it provides a verifiable identity. Nothing more. Does DKIM seek to prevent other protocols from using this identity as they see fit? -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartwell Ave. | Lexington, MA 02421 :: v: 781-372-1922 |

Re: [ietf-dkim] Consensus check: Domain Existence Check

2008-05-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 13:39 +, Jeff Macdonald wrote: > I too like the wording in draft-levine-dkim-adsp-00, but I'm not sure if > that means a modify or remove. draft-levine-dkim-adsp-00 doesn't list > steps like the current -03 draft does. I'd like to switch this to M

Re: [ietf-dkim] The purpose of an existence/validity check

2008-05-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
service and be able to take advantage of a established reputation, they'd sign twice: d=corp.rep.paypal.com ... d=123.rep.paypal.com AND if they wanted ADSP, they'd sign 3 times. -- :: Jeff Macdonald | Director of Messaging Technologies :: e-Dialog | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 131 Hartw

Re: [ietf-dkim] Domain Existence Check ssp-03 vs levine-adsp-00

2008-05-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
7;d like us to discard it. levine-adsp-00 says: The verifier MUST return an appropriate error result for Author Domains that are outside the scope of ADSP. To me, "outside the scope" allows a receiver to assume the message is legitimate, assuming no other checks besides ADSP are done. If t

Re: [ietf-dkim] Progressing ADSP (Was: Re: New Version Notification for draft-ietf-dkim-ssp-06 (fwd))

2008-09-22 Thread Jeff Macdonald
; > > >> > Stephen Farrell wrote: > >> >> It might be no harm if folks who do think ADSP should > >> >> go ahead would respond to this saying so. > >> > +1 -- Jeff Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> e-Dialog ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] RFC 4871 errata

2008-09-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
nt hasn't happened yet. :) -- Jeff Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> e-Dialog ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] draft-ietf-dkim-ssp, "Author Signatures" and "i=" tag

2008-12-17 Thread Jeff Macdonald
main, or a Valid Signature from an Author Domain that does >not meet the requirements of Author Signature, .."? I apologize for not re-reading all of the ADSP document, but I think we have to remember that a message can have multiple DKIM signatures. Per

Re: [ietf-dkim] [Fwd: I-D Action:draft-hoffman-dac-vbr-04.txt]

2008-12-31 Thread Jeff Macdonald
Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: >>> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ >>> >>> Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader >>> implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of

Re: [ietf-dkim] Next steps for draft-ietf-dkim-ssp

2009-01-02 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ed opaquely as it could really represent anything. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] draft Errata on RFC 4871

2009-01-26 Thread Jeff Macdonald
a header in which I could tell Mutt to display works for me. :) But for everyone else, viewing the source (or internet headers) is always an option. I don't know if that qualifies as "clear to the reader", but it is close enough for me. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialo

Re: [ietf-dkim] draft Errata on RFC 4871

2009-01-27 Thread Jeff Macdonald
from the perspective of a receiver, but it does denote that something is different than a straight d= value. Is that your thinking too? -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] draft Errata on RFC 4871

2009-01-27 Thread Jeff Macdonald
a mechanism to limit the amount of potential i= values. If d= is in a some sort of list, then i= would be included the reputation model. I'd still think even given that model, you'd let the actions of the i= determine the trustworthness of the steam independent of what the owner of d= cl

Re: [ietf-dkim] draft Errata on RFC 4871

2009-01-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
r does not control it. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Please post issues with draft-dkim-rfc4871-errata-03

2009-02-10 Thread Jeff Macdonald
= contains. d= is just an identfier that is used to look up the public key and could further be used as a key into a reputation system. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Please post issues with draft-dkim-rfc4871-errata-03

2009-02-10 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:23:02PM -0500, Hector Santos wrote: > Jeff Macdonald wrote: >> >> d=good.rep.example.net or >> d=bad.rep.example.net >> >> do not assume that those identifiers mean "good" and "bad". Good and >> bad could b

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

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Macdonald
t_of_dkim(); reputation=dkim_rep(identifier_d); * I say hopefully because I haven't read the latest errata. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

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

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 09:01:39AM -0800, Jim Fenton wrote: >Jeff Macdonald wrote: >> >> As a signer, I may want to do this: >> >> i...@transaction.company.com d=company.com for transactional messages and >> d=company.com for everything else (yes, there is no i=, b

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

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:46:14AM -0800, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Jeff Macdonald wrote: >>> It would be equally valid for a signer to apply a different >>> pseudo-subdomain on each message, perhaps for tracking purposes. >> >> I think t

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

2009-02-12 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 01:44:32PM -0800, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Jeff Macdonald wrote: >>>> My understanding of opaque allows identical opaque values to >>>> identify the same "something". >>> >>> Then yo

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

2009-02-13 Thread Jeff Macdonald
d as being within that sphere with the same >UAID (but aren't required to). I don't think that's a >contradiction > >The question is whether this introduces enough confusion that we need >to either 1) clarify the missing side of the coin, as above and/or 2) >s

Re: [ietf-dkim] Consensus call on d=/i= clarification

2009-02-17 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 04:36:03PM +, Stephen Farrell wrote: >(a) The erratum I-D [1] is ready to go. Process it. +1 -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-l

Re: [ietf-dkim] NO DKIM "POLICY"

2009-02-21 Thread Jeff Macdonald
fil/specs/draft-macdonald-affiliated-nameslist-00-04dc.html Today we use VBR, but my co-author and I are thinking that we'd probably wouldn't even need that once things are ironed out. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Handling the errata after the consensus call

2009-03-09 Thread Jeff Macdonald
s should be viewed as a violation of DKIM Base? I'm thinking John L's use of i= as a cookie and ADSP. I'll note that John's use of i= would be considered a violation too. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: T

Re: [ietf-dkim] Handling the errata after the consensus call

2009-03-10 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ly to get towards consensus on issues like >these.) > >That approach gets the gist of the Errata clarifications out in a much >more timely manner (i.e., almost immediately), and does not preclude >the generation of the -bis document as rapidly as the process allows. +1 -- Jeff M

Re: [ietf-dkim] Moving on to ADSP - was RE: Handling the errata after the consensus call

2009-03-11 Thread Jeff Macdonald
p up a new ADSP draft with an r= tag. um, I read Jim's draft to use r= for "reputation" and not for ADSP. So specify a new tag for ADSP. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] errata revision: Assessor

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Macdonald
gt;> Replace "Other DKIM values" to "Other information". >> >> My logic: what the assessor consumes beyond the SDID is outside the >> scope of the spec. > >And add "by" between "delivered" and "this". > >After that, +1. +1 -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] errata revision: Identity Assessor vs. Message Filtering engine

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Macdonald
t, it looks fine to me. >___ >NOTE WELL: This list operates according to >http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] (registered) domain name (Re: errata revision: opaque)

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 07:59:48PM -0400, Jeff Macdonald wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 03:49:38PM -0700, Dave CROCKER wrote: >>> 6. RFC4871 Section 2.9 Signing Domain Identifier (SDID) >> ... >>> New: >>>A single domain name that is the mandato

Re: [ietf-dkim] (registered) domain name (Re: errata revision: opaque)

2009-03-26 Thread Jeff Macdonald
processing, the name has only basic domain name semantics; any >>possible owner-specific semantics is outside the scope of DKIM. > >A single domain name -> A single, syntactically valid domain name > >{{ no, I'm not in love that that wo

Re: [ietf-dkim] (registered) domain name (Re: errata revision: opaque)

2009-03-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
t, or at least, please explain. The following shouldn't be discouraged: From: f...@bar.com DKIM-Signature: ... d=43343.rep.bar.com ... where 43343.rep.bar.com doesn't have any MX or A record. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Author Signature vs. Author Domain Signature / Internal vs External threats

2009-04-03 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 08:15:02AM -0700, Dave CROCKER wrote: > >Use d=. +1 -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] (registered) domain name (Re: errata revision: opaque

2009-04-06 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ld exist, since you need that to be able to install the key records, >but the domain doesn't have to exist otherwise. Once you remember that >the big advance of DKIM over its predecessors is to separate the signing >domain from the domains in various other headers, this is clearly the

Re: [ietf-dkim] Update of RFC4871 Appendix D. MUA Considerations (resent)

2009-04-08 Thread Jeff Macdonald
>to remove what's there rather than to change it. +1 -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] ADSP Informative Note on parent domain signing

2009-04-22 Thread Jeff Macdonald
"I don't care [or I have no opinion] either way." -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Whither 4871bis?

2009-05-04 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:26:15PM +0200, Eliot Lear wrote: > On 5/4/09 9:17 PM, Jeff Macdonald wrote: >>>> 2. On whether to move to draft standard >>>> >>>> While I was initially in favor of this, I am now uncomfortable >>>> doing so, >&

Re: [ietf-dkim] Whither 4871bis?

2009-05-04 Thread Jeff Macdonald
resh correctly, that the Standard draft would be based on bis, +1. -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] General Feedback loop using DKIM

2009-05-28 Thread Jeff Macdonald
lationship exists. Applying that to this: FBL-Where-To-Send-Header: f...@example.net DKIM-Signature: ... d=example.com ... If in example.net's dns there exists an entry for example.com, then one can safely assume there is a relationship between the two. http://mipassoc.org/affil/specs/draft-ma

Re: [ietf-dkim] Urgent: draft-ietf-dkim-ssp-10 and RFC 5451

2009-05-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
gt; > >> 3. A few "Yes, adding this is groovy," messages would be good and >> all. >> > > >> > > Yes, adding this is way groovy. >> > >> > +1 >> > >> >> +1 >> > >+1 +1 -- Jeff Macdonald jmacdon...@e-dialog.com ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] who's using l=

2009-06-01 Thread Jeff Macdonald
mail (FBL handling, >> primarily) and enabling rendering email with risky renderers (html, >> pdf) by default > > > uhhh.  h... > > that doesn't qualify as clever? > > well, ok, maybe not /particularly/ clever, but still... > St

Re: [ietf-dkim] Modified Introduction text for rfc4871-errata (resend)

2009-06-16 Thread Jeff Macdonald
  white list -- is the value of the "d=" tag. However, this does not >         prohibit message filtering engines from using the "i=" tag, or any >         other information in the message's header, for filtering decisions. >       > >       For signers and verifiers th

Re: [ietf-dkim] Collecting re-chartering questions

2010-01-25 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25 PM, John Levine wrote: > YES to 1, 7, 8. NO to everything else. > +1 -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposed new charter

2010-02-22 Thread Jeff Macdonald
gt; >> voted on.  As a working group, we'll need to agree on the wording, and > >> come up with a few reasonable milestones with dates. > >> > >> Have at it. > >> > >> Barry and Stephen, as chairs > >> > > > > It looks good to me. I

[ietf-dkim] More formal definition of 3rd-party signatures?

2010-03-17 Thread Jeff Macdonald
per definition of a third-party signature? That would mean: From: f...@example.com DKIM-Signature: ... d=i.example.com would be considered a third-party signature. -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mi

Re: [ietf-dkim] Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-27 Thread Jeff Macdonald
. I > think that's why rfc4871 gives the "From" field foremost importance. Are you sure you got the right RFC here? -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-27 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ghlights: 1) policy statements are futile 2) mailing lists are broken anyway 3) the importance of RFC5322From is overrated * if you didn't see Brett's message, check your spam folder. I replied using his message as a base. -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Wrong Discussion - was Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-27 Thread Jeff Macdonald
s to maintain the signature, > then offering the option for the list to validate the signature coming from X > and send a new signature to Z that Z *can* (but doesn't have to) "trust", is > something immediately useful. Should the policy statements be ignored at that point?

Re: [ietf-dkim] Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-27 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > On 27/Apr/10 17:02, Jeff Macdonald wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Alessandro Vesely  wrote: >>>  Author signatures are special because the content of the "From" field >>>  is displayed to

Re: [ietf-dkim] Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-28 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > On 27/Apr/10 22:38, Jeff Macdonald wrote: >>>    The From header field MUST be signed (that is, included in the "h=" >>>    tag of the resulting DKIM-Signature header field). >>>    http:/

Re: [ietf-dkim] list vs contributor signatures, was Wrong Discussion

2010-04-28 Thread Jeff Macdonald
fail. Seems like ADSP would make things worse in this case. -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Wrong Discussion - was Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
now this hash been hashed out many times before. Eventually we'll all be dust and something else will prevail. :) -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Wrong Discussion - was Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-29 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ears, which > seems implausible. That is exactly what I'm saying. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] Wrong Discussion - was Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
> not.  Wow. mail _from_ a mailing list is not the original message anymore. I know this isn't a popular opinion. Just because something has been done someway for 40 years doesn't make it right. Thus my link to asbestos. -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

Re: [ietf-dkim] list vs contributor signatures, was Wrong Discussion

2010-04-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
ist but still want to accept or reject mail based >> on assertions the list itself makes. >> > > How about you trust the list, and it says the inbound message wasn't > signed? The list has left the value judgement to the recipient. How does one do that if using an email web servi

Re: [ietf-dkim] Wrong Discussion - was Why mailing lists should strip DKIM signatures

2010-04-30 Thread Jeff Macdonald
understood the intent. I'm willing to go from a world where any system can use my From to one where only the systems I say can. And that means changes. -- Jeff Macdonald Ayer, MA ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html

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