[ietf-dkim] Author Signature vs. Author Domain Signature / Internal vs External threats

[Mark Delany]

On Apr 2, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Wietse Venema wrote:


>> I think you may have put your finger on the root of much of the
>> interpretation differences. It might in fact be a really good idea
>> to replace the term "Author Signature" with the term "Author Domain
>> Signature" throughout the ADSP spec to help address this. It seems
>>

>>> The specification and semantics of ADSP get simpler, cleaner and  
>>> properly
>>> scoped, when d= is used.  Using i= really does invite a complex of  
>>> issues that
>>> should be outside the scope of DKIM and ADSP.
>>>
>>> Use d=.
>> [> ]
>>
>> +1
>
> I am all for this.
>
> +1

Agreed. Let's have a simple ADSP that minimizes the wiggle room  
available for confusion or complexity. After some real world  
experience, we can add complexity as needed.


Mark.