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

2007-03-18 Thread Tony Hansen
Eliot Lear wrote: The real question for me now is simply this: will those people who are writing the overview now commit to updating it after SSP is complete? And I for one want to see SSP complete quickly. Irrespective of whether we publish something now or not, the authors of the overview

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

2007-03-16 Thread Stephen Farrell
Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: It is sufficient to have last call on the policy requirements. Well, it would be if we got some last-call comments. Can I ask folks to read ssp-reqs and send their comments please. Stephen. ___ NOTE WELL: This list

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

2007-03-15 Thread Eliot Lear
Hi, I am more confused than ever, I suppose: Are you suggesting that deploying SSP will break dkim-base? Could you explain how, if so? Yes and No. The answer to your question depends on many factors, but it is really quite simple. This scenario is not new. Code Red and similar threats

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

2007-03-15 Thread Dave Crocker
Michael Thomas wrote: I think this touches on the important question about all of this: what are we trying to accomplish right now? My feeling is that we want as quickly as possible to fertilize the fields with as many DKIM signers as possible. This is a very straightforward proposition and

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

2007-03-15 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 04:07:32AM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote: The view that -base is sufficient presumes a) quite a high level of expertise, I believe, and b) quite a high level of effort. Most managers and decisions makers, out in the larger Internet, do not have either. You seem to be

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

2007-03-15 Thread Charles Lindsey
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:20:28 -, Powers, Jot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has come to my attention that perhaps I confused the discussions with fixing -base due to the FWS stuff, and overview. And speaking of the FWS stuff, I demonstrated that an actual BUG existed in base, and Frank

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

2007-03-15 Thread Hector Santos
Eliot Lear wrote: Hi, Given two sets of RECEIVERS: RECEIVER-A: Legacy DKIM-BASE system. Supports DKIM-BASE only RECEIVER-B: Updated to support DKIM-BASE+SSP and given a DOMAIN that has determined that it better to use SSP than not use SSP, therefore it uses a strong SSP policy for

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

2007-03-14 Thread Charles Lindsey
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:43:58 -, Tony Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In other words, would folks prefer to: B. Defer the Overview document until the SSP specification is complete. +1 -- Charles H. Lindsey -At Home, doing my own thing Tel: +44 161 436 

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

2007-03-14 Thread Powers, Jot
On 3/12/07 5:43 AM, Tony Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: 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 +1 B. Defer the Overview

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

2007-03-14 Thread Dave Crocker
Eliot Lear wrote: Jot, The overview isn't keeping DKIM from the world. In fact you guys can sign today, if you don't already (haven't checked). Eliot, you are, of course, correct. But that rather misses the point. The point is what will facilitate adoption. (Why is it that the IETF

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

2007-03-14 Thread Eliot Lear
Jot, The overview isn't keeping DKIM from the world. In fact you guys can sign today, if you don't already (haven't checked). The real question for me now is simply this: will those people who are writing the overview now commit to updating it after SSP is complete? And I for one want to

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

2007-03-14 Thread Powers, Jot
On 3/14/07 8:00 AM, Eliot Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: Jot, The overview isn't keeping DKIM from the world. In fact you guys can sign today, if you don't already (haven't checked). The real question for me now is simply this: will those people who are writing the overview now commit

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

2007-03-14 Thread Michael Thomas
Powers, Jot wrote: On 3/14/07 8:01 AM, Michael Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: Powers, Jot wrote: On 3/12/07 5:43 AM, Tony Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: In other words, would folks prefer to: A. Expedite publishing the Overview documents, in order to facilitate development and

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

2007-03-14 Thread Michael Thomas
Dave Crocker wrote: Eliot Lear wrote: Jot, The overview isn't keeping DKIM from the world. In fact you guys can sign today, if you don't already (haven't checked). Eliot, you are, of course, correct. But that rather misses the point. The point is what will facilitate adoption. (Why

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

2007-03-14 Thread Frank Ellermann
Powers, Jot wrote: We would DKIM sign now (and did a while ago) if our appliance vendor supported DKIM, which they plan on doing, once it is a standard for some value of standard. (They have said summer '07) It is already an approved proposed standard - still waiting for its RFC number, but

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

2007-03-14 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
11:11 AM To: Eliot Lear Cc: Untitled; Powers, Jot Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dkim-overview-04.txt Eliot Lear wrote: Jot, The overview isn't keeping DKIM from the world. In fact you guys can sign today, if you don't already (haven't checked). Eliot

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

2007-03-14 Thread Hector Santos
Dave Crocker wrote: The real question for me now is simply this: will those people who are writing the overview now commit to updating it after SSP is complete? And I for one want to see SSP complete quickly. Whether the current document is updated, or a new document is written, or an

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

2007-03-14 Thread Steve Atkins
On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Hector Santos wrote: Dave Crocker wrote: The real question for me now is simply this: will those people who are writing the overview now commit to updating it after SSP is complete? And I for one want to see SSP complete quickly. Whether the current document

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

2007-03-14 Thread Hector Santos
Steve Atkins wrote: On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Hector Santos wrote: I could be wrong, but I believe he was referring to backward compatibility issues with a new legacy market of DKIM-BASE only systems vs DKIM-BASE PLUS SSS systems. Are you suggesting that deploying SSP will break

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

2007-03-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Hector Santos: This is exactly the same problem that the industry evolved to over the past two decades and what has brought us together here. The problem is dealing with the legacy market of old SMTP systems and how the bad guys use this to gain entry into systems. If that wasn't the

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

2007-03-14 Thread Hector Santos
Wietse Venema wrote: Hector Santos: This is exactly the same problem that the industry evolved to over the past two decades and what has brought us together here. The problem is dealing with the legacy market of old SMTP systems and how the bad guys use this to gain entry into systems. If

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

2007-03-14 Thread Douglas Otis
On Mar 14, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Hector Santos wrote: We are not talking about DAY 1 of the Internet here. But 35+ years, and we have enough knowledge and insight to know today that if you can recognize the creation of a potential problem, then it would be neglectful if a) you didn't bring

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 +1 -- :: Jeff Macdonald |

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

2007-03-13 Thread Dennis Dayman
Jeff Macdonald wrote: 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 +1

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

2007-03-13 Thread Frank Ellermann
Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: I don't think we need to agree on the policy implementation to get overview out. We do have to have agreement on the requirements. That sounds like a good compromise. Frank ___ NOTE WELL: This list operates

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

2007-03-13 Thread J.D. Falk
On 2007-03-12 16:51, Hector Santos wrote: I tend to side with the high probability that blindly signing MAIL in a DKIM-BASE only manner (with no helper support, and I presume you are just against SSP, not other kind of helpers, like DAC or some other yet to be established reputation helper)

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

2007-03-13 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:01:03AM -0700, J.D. Falk wrote: On 2007-03-12 16:51, Hector Santos wrote: I tend to side with the high probability that blindly signing MAIL in a DKIM-BASE only manner (with no helper support, and I presume you are just against SSP, not other kind of helpers,

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

2007-03-13 Thread Dave Crocker
Jeff Macdonald wrote: I don't think the 'world' understands that DKIM is just a building block. That is one of the reasons for wanting to get the Overview document out sooner, rather than later. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

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

2007-03-13 Thread Hector Santos
J.D. Falk wrote: On 2007-03-12 16:51, Hector Santos wrote: I tend to side with the high probability that blindly signing MAIL in a DKIM-BASE only manner (with no helper support, and I presume you are just against SSP, not other kind of helpers, like DAC or some other yet to be established

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

2007-03-13 Thread Hector Santos
Jeff Macdonald wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:01:03AM -0700, J.D. Falk wrote: On 2007-03-12 16:51, Hector Santos wrote: I tend to side with the high probability that blindly signing MAIL in a DKIM-BASE only manner (with no helper support, and I presume you are just against SSP, not other

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

2007-03-13 Thread Michael Thomas
Dave Crocker wrote: The -base document does not provide a general systems-framework for understanding the role of -base, because that was not a goal for -base. -overview provides that framework. More generally, the deployment of security-related protocols has a long history of being

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

2007-03-12 Thread Tony Hansen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Message Signing Service Overview As you read through this, you will find that the stuff in it dealing

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

2007-03-12 Thread Eliot Lear
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 B. Defer the Overview document until the SSP specification is complete.

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

2007-03-12 Thread Hector Santos
Hi Tony, My technical and product attraction opinion is: The original scope (SSP) was on track with addressing with what I believe were the most marketable features of the product: - High benefits for exclusive domain policies - High benefits in exposing the nature of domain usage As

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

2007-03-12 Thread Wietse Venema
Tony Hansen: However, I'd like to hear some discussion on the issue: Should we put out a version now (without the SSP references), or hold off until SSP is totally finished? I would not wait with an Overview document until SSP is ready for prime time. I would encourage deployment of DKIM-base

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

2007-03-12 Thread Michael Thomas
Wietse Venema wrote: Tony Hansen: However, I'd like to hear some discussion on the issue: Should we put out a version now (without the SSP references), or hold off until SSP is totally finished? I would not wait with an Overview document until SSP is ready for prime time. I would

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

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Atkins
On Mar 12, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Tony Hansen: However, I'd like to hear some discussion on the issue: Should we put out a version now (without the SSP references), or hold off until SSP is totally finished? I would not wait with an Overview document until SSP is ready

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

2007-03-12 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
@mipassoc.org Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dkim-overview-04.txt Tony Hansen: However, I'd like to hear some discussion on the issue: Should we put out a version now (without the SSP references), or hold off until SSP is totally finished? I would not wait

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

2007-03-12 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
Thomas Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:57 PM To: Wietse Venema Cc: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dkim-overview-04.txt Wietse Venema wrote: Tony Hansen: However, I'd like to hear some discussion on the issue: Should we put out a version

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

2007-03-12 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 1:34 PM -0400 3/12/07, Wietse Venema wrote: I would not wait with an Overview document until SSP is ready for prime time. I would encourage deployment of DKIM-base now so that we can gain useful experience. +1 --Paul Hoffman, Director --Domain Assurance Council

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

2007-03-12 Thread Eric Allman
--On March 12, 2007 8:43:58 AM -0400 Tony Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 B. Defer the

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

2007-03-12 Thread J.D. Falk
On 2007-03-12 11:05, Steve Atkins wrote: On Mar 12, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Tony Hansen: However, I'd like to hear some discussion on the issue: Should we put out a version now (without the SSP references), or hold off until SSP is totally finished? I would not wait with

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

2007-03-12 Thread Dave Crocker
I would not wait with an Overview document until SSP is ready for prime time. I would encourage deployment of DKIM-base now so that we can gain useful experience. I sure hope that -overview is not looked upon as a necessary ingredient for developing/deploying -base. Because I don't think

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

2007-03-12 Thread Hector Santos
J.D. Falk wrote: On 2007-03-12 11:05, Steve Atkins wrote: On Mar 12, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Tony Hansen: However, I'd like to hear some discussion on the issue: Should we put out a version now (without the SSP references), or hold off until SSP is totally finished? I

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

2007-03-12 Thread Jim Fenton
Eric Allman wrote: --On March 12, 2007 8:43:58 AM -0400 Tony Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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),