[ietf-dkim] Base-02 //Deprecated Signature Version & New List

[Michael Thomas]

Eric Allman wrote:

> (3) Wasn't the issue of downgrade attacks discussed in Dallas and 
> resolved on the list?  In specific, it was issue 1196 (Upgrade 
> indication and protection against downgrade attacks).  As near as I 
> can tell, the exact same issues that Doug is raising were discussed in 
> this issue, and a frankly much more elegant approach was proposed. Why 
> is this issue alive again?

That was my recollection too. Mark proposed something a long while back
which seemed like it would work, but the consensus was that we didn't need
the complexity, etc, given the threats so the entire subject was dropped.

       Mike