[ietf-dkim] A proposal for restructuring SSP

[Paul Hoffman]

At 4:03 PM -0800 1/25/08, Jim Fenton wrote:
>Eric Allman and I have been discussing a larger change to the SSP 
>specification that we believe addresses a number of the issues that 
>have been raised.
>
>The biggest change is the separation of the SSP function into a 
>"checker", that retrieves the SSP record/records relevant to a given 
>message, and provides this information to an "adjudicator" that 
>makes the ultimate decision on how the message should be processed 
>at a given site.  The Adjudicator combines the DKIM signature 
>information, SSP Checker results, and any other information it cares 
>to consult (possibly including, but not limited to, reputation, 
>accreditation, content filtering, SPF, and Sender ID).  The 
>definition of the Adjudicator is out of scope of the SSP 
>specification.

That could indeed bring the various parties into agreement. Maybe we 
(for some more inclusive value of "we") will find Peace In Our Time.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Domain Assurance Council