[ietf-dkim] Modified Introduction text for rfc4871-errata
Barry Leiba
barryleiba at computer.org
Fri Jun 12 07:37:58 PDT 2009
> Proposed text:
>
> <t>This currently leaves signers and assessors with the potential for
> making different interpretations between the two identifiers and may
> lead to interoperability problems. A signer could intend one to be
> used for reputation, and have a non-reputation intent in setting the
> value in the other. However the assessor might choose the wrong value
> and produce an unintended (and inaccurate) reputation assessment.</t>
>
> <t>This update resolves that confusion. It defines additional, semantic
> labels for the two values, clarifies their nature and specifies their
> relationship. More specifically, it clarifies that the identifier
> intended for reputation lookups (such as white lists) by the
> assessor is the value of the "d=" tag. However, this does not
> prohibit message filtering engines from using the "i=" tag, or any
> other information in the message header, for filtering decisions. </t>
>
> <t>For signers and assessors that have been using the i= tag for
> reputation assessment a software change to using the d= tag is intended.
> </t>
WFM.
Barry, as participant
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