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

[Dave Crocker]

Michael Thomas wrote:
> Not to be too jaded, but does anybody think this will have any practical
> effect whatsoever? 

1. It shows legitimate due diligence.  A real-world encounter suggests an 
operational problem and this note attends to it.

2. It dispatches the issue from the near-term IETF agenda, thereby relieving 
the working group from a hassle.

I tend to view both of these as practical effects.  (And, yeah, I suspect I 
know the sort of thing you actually had in mind and no, I don't think this 
will deal with it.)


> What would actually be better here, IMO, is to find out _how_ this
> happened. 

And my point #2, above, is exactly why I suggest it would *not* be better.

It is not the job of this wg to diagnose misbehaviors by s/w or operators. 
That's better done elsewhere, like

    dkim-dev <http://mipassoc.org/mailman/listinfo/dkim-dev> or

    dkim-ops <http://mipassoc.org/mailman/listinfo/dkim-ops>.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net