[ietf-dkim] Accidental versus malicous error (was: SSP assist DKIM)

[Charles Lindsey]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:55:42 -0000, Wietse Venema <wietse at porcupine.org>  
wrote:

> Will you give "no signature" equal treatment to "bad signature",
> or will you give mail with bad signatures (such as a valid header
> that was pasted on top of a forged body) more favorable treatment?

That is a matter for each verifier to decide. Over time, many ingenious  
strategies for distinguishing the scams from the accidents may be devised,  
and we should welcome that. The examples I gave merely indicated a few of  
the possibilities.

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