[ietf-dkim] (offtopicish) RFC 4871 Word Cloud

[Hector Santos]

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Doug Otis <doug.mtview at gmail.com> wrote:
>> After untold users had systems compromised by zero-day browser script
>> exploits, and a vendor recently taking weeks to issue repairs for
>> several versions of their OS, why would anyone describe browser
>> related security concerns irrational?  Once compromised, systems
>> appear to typically remain so, based on observed email behaviors.
> 
> .. after untold drivers have died in accidents, you still do drive to
> work right?

Good point. But IMO, better metaphors might be:

- A car where the vendor no longer allows you to turn off the
   radio or change the station (Force feeding commuter ADs).

- A car that still functions if the GPS was removed/disabled.

- DKIM-aware mail reader that requires you to use Javascript.

-- 
Sincerely

Hector Santos
http://www.santronics.com