[ietf-dkim] Re: What the verifier can do

[Paul Hoffman]

At 9:08 PM -0700 4/29/06, Dave Crocker wrote:
>A specification cannot "prevent" a verifier from trying any crazy 
>(or sane) thing they want.
>However, it CAN distinguish between text that is specifying how to 
>perform straight verification, versus text explains all sorts of 
>secondary hacks.  The former is precise, reliable and clear.  The 
>latter is whatever folks feel like making it. Mixing the two 
>confuses both.

Fully agree. I am proposing staying silent on heuristics in the core 
protocol, not banning them. Does that work for you?