[ietf-dkim] double header reality check

MH Michael Hammer (5304) MHammer at ag.com
Wed Oct 20 12:30:19 PDT 2010



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-dkim-bounces at mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-
> bounces at mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Murray S. Kucherawy
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:55 PM
> To: ietf-dkim at mipassoc.org
> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] double header reality check
> 

<SNIP>

> 
> There has been talk of applying DKIM to technologies like Usenet and
HTTP
> output.  Packing DKIM with mail-specific verification requirements
could
> prevent such things from happening.  Shall we also add a "but only
when
> used in the email context" clause?
> 


Seeing as the M in DKIM stands for Mail, we don't have to put a "but
only when used in the email context" clause. If a DKIM like approach is
used for other protocols then we might reasonably text specific to those
protocols - DKIH (Domain Keys Identified HTML as an example). 

Mike



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