Folks,
> > what is the most minimal enhancement that would make > > you happy TODAY? > > > > define requirements that dkim satisfies, without > > actually saying anything about the details of dkim itself. > > > Why the "most minimal" qualifier in your question? We are capable of > producing something more than the bare minimum. Here is our current reality: As of this moment, it is not clear that we are capable of producing anything at all. There is no existence proof for real success in this arena of standardization. The DKIM effort has no track record of success in the IETF. Until we change that, we are working with hopes and dreams, not reality. When an effort starts, the more difficult the topic and the more diverse the participation, the higher the risk of standardization failure. As with any high-risk project, the first goal needs to be to demonstrate usefulness, ie, success. In the long run, we probably very much *can* produce something more than the bare minimum. Something a lot more. But first we need to do *anything at all* that is useful. That means targeting the smallest bit of useful output that we can agree to, and *later* building upon it. As of today, there is no standardized transit-time message authentication technique. If we can produce a standard that permits validating ANY identity with a signed message, we will have created a stable base for all sorts of enhancements. Enhancement obviously include: associating it will other identities in the message, using the *absence* of a signature as significant with respect to the policies of some identity, determining the wonderfulness of the signing identity (ie, using standardized access to reputation and accreditation services), and so on. Until we have the core mechanism of signing a message and validating that signature, we have nothing but fantasy. d/ --- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking +1.408.246.8253 dcrocker a t ... WE'VE MOVED to: www.bbiw.net _______________________________________________ ietf-dkim mailing list ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org http://mipassoc.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-dkim