[ietf-dkim] Re: ISSUE 1525 -- Restriction to posting by first Author breaks email semantics

[Michael Thomas]

Dave Crocker wrote:
> Michael Thomas wrote:
>> 
>>> Whereas SSP began as a simple idea as a means of deciding whether an 
>>> unsigned message should have been signed, it has morphed into an 
>>> effort to validate the From field.  That is a very, very different goal.
>>
>> This is revisionist history. I've pointed to both of the historical
>> documents of IIM and DK which directly contradict you.
> 
> Evidently you missed the massive number of discussions both in the 
> working group and elsewhere that agreed that SSP was about unsigned 
> messages.  And, just for the heck of it, note that you missed the 
> "error" about this in the DKIM Overview draft that has been circulating 
> for quite a few months.

You specifically said "began". That is completely historically
inaccurate going back many, many years. In fact from the very
beginning.


> Given how little serious discussion has taken place in this working 
> group, and how little effort there has been to summarize discussions, it 
> is not surprising that you are quite convinced that you know exactly 
> what the right perspective is. You haven't been pressed to consider that 
> the views you prefer are seriously challenged.

You made a categorical statement that the goals have "morphed". This
is completely false, and will remain false regardless of how many times
you repeat it.

		Mike