[ietf-dkim] Re: How MALLET PERFORMS a DOWNGRADE ATTACK

[Stephen Farrell]

Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> Stephen Farrell wrote:
>>
>> Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
>>> NO MALLET PERFORMS A SUCCESSFUL DOWNGRADE ATTACK.
>> I could quibble. That's not a downgrade attack since Alice
>> parallel-signed with both. 
> 
> I was under the impression that the working group had said that it was not
> concerned about downgrade attacks, for the DKIM usage being discussion.
> 
> Assuming I got that correct, why is it still being discussed?

Yep. That's why I asked Phill what's different now from when
we discussed this before. I admit that I can't see a big
difference, though I didn't look back at the archive/logs/minutes
to check.

S.