[ietf-dkim] Fluffy DKIM questions

[Dave Crocker]

Steve,

Please take a look at <http://dkim.org/info/dkim-faq.html> and then re-send 
your note with the questions that it doesn't answer. At the least, this will 
give me some input about the faq's utility.

d/

Steve Atkins wrote:
> As a distraction from the deeply technical stuff, I have
> some PR / deployment related questions. I'm looking
> for answers that are suitable for a user intending to
> deploy, rather than a developer intending to implement.
> I'm also talking solely about dkim-base, not about any
> of the bags on the side.
> 
> 1. Does anyone have an overview of the benefits and
>     drawbacks to DK and DKIM in general?
> 
> 2. How about the differences between DK and DKIM?
> 
> 3. Is a valid DK signature a valid DKIM signature?
> 
> 3b. If the general answer to that is "no", are some subsets
>     of DK signatures also valid DKIM signatures?
> 
> 4. What are the Intellectual Property implications of
>     deploying DKIM? (The Yahoo DK license agreement
>     has scared off a number of people from implementing
>     or using it).
> 
> I think I know the answers to some of these, but I
> thought I'd throw them out here anyway.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Steve
> 
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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