[ietf-dkim] Re: Change the SSP o= to use words, break out 3rd party?

[wayne]

In <43714276.5B52 at xyzzy.claranet.de> Frank Ellermann <nobody at xyzzy.claranet.de> writes:

> o mnemonic  mail   signature  3rd party  your 
>   NONE      other  n/a        n/a        #1
> . NEVER     never  n/a        n/a        #8
> ^ USER      maybe  other      n/a        #9
>             maybe  never      n/a        #2
> ? WEAK      maybe  maybe      never      #4
> ~ NEUTRAL   maybe  maybe      maybe      #5
> ! EXCLUSIVE maybe  always     never      #6
> - STRONG    maybe  always     maybe      #7


Personally, I really don't much like the "WEAK", "EXCLUSIVE",
"STRONG", etc. mnemonics.  I guess they try to describe the quality of
the policy, rather than decribe the function that they create.  I
think decribing the function would be better.  I also think that the
descriptions of the policies aren't particularly clear.  For example,
I could see many people considering "WEAK" to be a stronger policy
than "STRONG" because it excludes third party signatures.

I think breaking them out into at least two keywords will lead to
clearer names.


-wayne