[ietf-dkim] Output requirements

[Murray S. Kucherawy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-dkim-bounces at mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-bounces at mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Barry Leiba
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:08 PM
> To: Charles Lindsey
> Cc: DKIM
> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] Output requirements
> 
> >> +   Verifiers SHOULD ignore those signatures that produce a PERMFAIL
> >> +   result (see Section 7.1), acting as though they were not present
> in
> >> +   the message.  ...
> >
> > s/Verifiers SHOULD ignore/Identity assessors SHOULD ignore/
> >
> > (and probably in other places too). Verifiers are explicitly instructed
> > to return PERMFAIL/TEMPFAIL), and "returning" something is evidently
> > inconsistent with "ignoring" it.
> 
> +1

Since this is already somewhat mushy, might I suggest:

Verifiers MAY decline to report, and identity assessors SHOULD ignore, ...