[ietf-dkim] Re: LWSP in base64-encoded public key TXT RR

[Paul Hoffman]

At 7:09 PM +0100 3/7/07, Frank Ellermann wrote:
>Paul Hoffman wrote:
>
>>>  maybe Eric could still do a s/LWSP/[FWS]/g in AUTH48
>>>  eliminating LWSP everywhere (?)
>
>>  Absolutely not. This is a technical change.
>
>It's IMO more in the direction of an erratum.  Nobody
>could claim with a straight face that they need lines
>consisting only of white space for their folding magic.

Even if true, it is still a technical change. dkim-base is a standard 
*today*, even before the RFC is issued. Implementations of *the 
standard* have already been deployed. You are proposing a change to 
the way an implementation needs to act.

>  > If we tried that, the document would have to go through
>>  IESG review again.
>
>I thought that this depends on the AD or the shepherd (?)

It is up to the RFC Editor.

>Of course I don't want a new IESG review or other delays.

Fully agree.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Domain Assurance Council