[ietf-dkim] DKIM adoption

[Mark Delany]

On Aug 3, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Douglas Otis wrote:

> On 8/2/09 1:06 AM, Mark Delany wrote:
>> On Aug 1, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
>>
>>> But is ICANN supposed to clean all these random valid domains?
>>
>> You half-joke, but one of the arguments we presented to the FTC  
>> back in
>> 2003 or so regarding spam was that we had an opportunity to regulate
>> issuance of domain names. If not regulate, then at least insist on an
>> identifiable legal entity being required to register a domain.
>
> Rather than viewing control of a domain as indicative of good email  
> behavior, positive reputations based upon histories of DKIM  
> signatures could offer an alternative or enhancement to methods  
> currently used in the disposition of messages.
>

That's entirely orthogonal and nothing new. My point was something  
stronger and different from "reputation", namely something  
jurisdictional; can I find (and sue) the owner of the domain on the  
DKIM signature?


Mark.