[ietf-dkim] 1193 considered harmful

[Russ Housley]

Dave:

This topic was addressed at great length during development of the 
DKIM charter, which says:

    Experimentation has resulted in Internet deployment of these
    specifications. Although not encouraged, non-backwards-compatible
    changes to these specifications will be acceptable if the DKIM working
    group determines that the changes are required to meet the group's
    technical objectives.

If changes are needed, make them!  Be aware of the backward 
compatibility issues, but this cannot be used to stifle discussion or 
innovation.

Russ

At 12:03 PM 3/22/2006, Dave Crocker wrote:
>There is a difference between noting that the IETF specification is 
>in flux, versus predicting that the IETF will produce a final 
>specification that breaks the ability to have a signer who uses the 
>pre-ietf spec be validated by an implementor of the post-ietf draft.