[ietf-dkim] Ticket 23 -- l= and Content-type

[Murray S. Kucherawy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John R. Levine [mailto:johnl at iecc.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:33 PM
> To: Murray S. Kucherawy
> Cc: DKIM List
> Subject: RE: [ietf-dkim] Ticket 23 -- l= and Content-type
> 
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
> 
> >> On further consideration, I'm with Dave.  Suggest removing the current
> >> language about l= and MIME boundaries, and replace with a note that if you
> >> use l=, added content can change the appearance of a message in hard to
> >> anticipate ways.
> >
> > Replace the whole section with just that, or only the first paragraph?
> 
> Sheesh, you actually want me to read the thing?  Oh, all right.
> 
> In 4.4.5, delete "  Signers
>     of MIME messages that include a body length count SHOULD be sure that
>     the length extends to the closing MIME boundary string."
> 
> Also delete the subsequent INFORMATIVE IMPLEMENTATION NOTE.
> 
> The note earlier in the section says the bad guy can replace the displayed
> contents, so I don't think we need to say it again.

Sorry, still confused.

What's your counter-proposal to Alessandro's proposal to modify 9.1.1?

The stuff above talks about 4.4.5.  I see what you want there, but resolution of 9.1.1 is an open question (to me).