[ietf-dkim] a bit of philosophy on working group productivity and scope

[Keith Moore]

> When an effort starts, the more difficult the topic and the more diverse the 
> participation, the higher the risk of standardization failure.  

On the contrary, the risk of standardization failure becomes higher when 
the standards fail to address the problem.  If the problem is inherently 
difficult and complex, oversimplifying the problem is a sure way to 
produce yet another failed standard.

> 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.

Several existing email authentication standards prove you wrong.

Keith