On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 6:09 PM Dave Crocker <[email protected]> wrote:
> DKIM was a synthesis within the IETF of two things (DomainKeys and IIM) > that started outside. It underwent significant evolution in the IETF -- > not once, but twice. > > Actually, it wasn't. > > The constituent parts were separately proposed, during the same initial > IETF discussions, and the IETF said to go away and come back after > reconciliation. That work was done by an ad hoc industry team and there > was a complete spec and initial implementations before the IETF was again > approached. > Yep, I still have the t-shirt. > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-allman-dkim-base-00 > > (and note that in the working group field on the title page, it says > "pre-MASS"...) > > The work in the IETF was a refinement of a complete, integrated spec. > But it was quite a bit of refinement -- I would even say 'evolution" -- in comparison to how little SPF and DMARC changed before publication. -MSK
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