Re: [ietf-dkim] SHA256 not supported on Windows XP/2000/NT

2008-01-05 Thread Mircea Purdea
My (Windows) implementation uses OpenSSL. It's a simple and handy solution, but I can understand Hector's point about the unwillingness of some to use open source libraries. Regards, Mircea ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipa

Re: [ietf-dkim] Proposal for v= tag

2006-04-22 Thread Mircea Purdea
Stephen Farrell wrote: I guess my concern would be that it might encourage people not to update their code to be RFC compliant. That might be so, but on the other hand, I think that before commiting to a RFC, live testing of draft implementations SHOULD be done, and currently, given the v=

[ietf-dkim] Proposal for v= tag

2006-04-22 Thread Mircea Purdea
While it may be sensible to start using v= now, or when an RFC issues, or in some other way, I don't think that having a different v= for each Internet-draft is a good idea really. Perhaps you are expecting too much of each version of the I-D in terms of stability/compatibility. These are workin

[ietf-dkim] Proposal for v= tag

2006-04-22 Thread Mircea Purdea
h value, but unlike the previous proposal, (human) interpretation of this value would require some familiarity with DKIM history. I think that reaching a resolution on this issue before the next draft release is imperative, and therefore hope that these proposals, at least, help start a productiv

[ietf-dkim] Re: draft-ietf-dkim-base-01 submitted

2006-04-13 Thread Mircea Purdea
Two questions: 1. Is this to be considered the 'current' DKIM specification? That is, should new implementations follow this? 2. Shouldn't this new draft recommend a signature 'Version' value? The new bh/b hashing scheme does not seem to be compatible with that in 'draft-allman-dkim-base-01'..