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

[Jon Callas]

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On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Dave Crocker 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.
>
> While DKIM has the goal of assigning *any* identity to a message, so  
> that that identity can be assessed, the current work on SSP is  
> attempting to instead validate authorship.

+1. Well stated.

You summarize my recent grouchiness very well. I think that the  
attempt to validate authorship is not only impossible, but a complete  
or incomplete implementation of same is a bad idea.

	Jon


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