[ietf-dkim] I send nothing

[Steve Atkins]

On Jul 26, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:

> That is not true.
>
> I sign everything will still result in messages that have failed  
> sigs due to mailing lists and such.

> I send nothing is much more categorical. The data can go straight  
> to the bit bucket

But surely if you assert "I sign everything" then any mail that is
unsigned (where "signature corrupted by mailing list" is identical
to unsigned) should go straight to the bitbucket.

Or are you suggesting that an email from a sender who
"signs everything" that arrives with an invalid signature should be
treated as valid? If so, DKIM+SSP is worthless. If not, then the two
assertions are identical in result.

(One may consume a little more CPU than the other, but that's
really not going to be an issue, for the obvious reasons).

Cheers,
   Steve

>
>
> SSP is not very relevant in this case as that spec is not on  
> standards track and DKIM is.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ietf-dkim-bounces at mipassoc.org
>> [mailto:ietf-dkim-bounces at mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Mark Delany
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 11:57 AM
>> To: ietf-dkim at mipassoc.org
>> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] The URL to my paper describing the
>> DKIM policy options
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 04:30:15PM +0100, Stephen Farrell
>> allegedly wrote:
>>
>>> I've always wondered why dkim is taking on the task of
>> supporting "I
>>> don't send mail" since the statement makes no reference to
>> signatures
>>> at all. Arguably, that's something that should be dealt with by
>>> someone else, who might also think about saying "I only send mail
>>> that's less than 1MB", or, "I only send invoices".
>>
>> Especially since one can achieve that same effect by having
>> an SSP that says "I sign" everything and then don't sign any email.
>>
>>
>> Mark.
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