DKIM - RFC 4871 -
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Thu Jun 7 03:51:50 UTC 2007
> On Wednesday 06 June 2007 11:21:39 pm Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Mail List wrote:uff.
>>
>> So, what good is dk without the ability to sign outgoing mails?
>>
>
>
> Ahh ... there are 2 standards - DK and DKIM - both sign and verify. DK was
> the original - it evolved into DKIM. DKIM is the new one - it signs and
> verifies. The comment refers only to whether you additionally want to sign
> using DK as well as DKIM - which you probably dont.
Ahhh, now the statement makes sense.
> Well - I really mean above is that there is 1 standard DKIM - DK was the
> original yahoo proposal - after discussion and involvement of other players
> than yahoo it evolved into an RFC - DKIM.
I've read rfc4871 and the historical rfc4870. Picking similar names caused
the confusion on my part.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Ed
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