[ietf-dkim] LWSP in base64-encoded public key TXT RR
Eric Allman
eric+dkim at sendmail.org
Thu Mar 8 11:41:40 PST 2007
Mike,
I agree we can't force people to read the spec. But given that many
of us read the spec and didn't notice this point, I think it's worth
highlighting for those who do actually read it.
eric
--On March 8, 2007 11:21:20 AM -0800 Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com>
wrote:
> Not to be too jaded, but does anybody think this will have any
> practical
> effect whatsoever? I would lay long odds that whoever put that key
> into
> their DNS didn't read the DKIM spec -- or at least read it with
> kind of
> critical eye.
>
> What would actually be better here, IMO, is to find out _how_ this
> happened. That is, is this a pathological case for a DNS server we
> ought to care about. If this just a random one off misconfiguration,
> I'm not sure what the point is for introducing more text with its
> inherent potential of itself being misconstrued...
>
> Mike
>
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