On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 12:16 PM Dave Crocker <d...@dcrocker.net> wrote:

> There appears to be no perfect way to distinguish a Replay attack from a
> legitimate re-posting by an Alias or even a Mailing list (that preserves
> the original DKIM signature.)
>
> The only 'signal' that is valid, also is ambiguous.  The signal is that
> the rfc5321.Mail command has an address that is not in any of the
> rfc5322 address fields.   The ambiguity, of course, is that that's also
> true for Alias.
>
> I'm wondering about designing some assistance by the author's platform
> and the Aliasing platform, to flag what they've done.
>
> Imagine adding a header field like "Separate-Envelope:", possibly
> listing the domain name of the site putting the flag there, and having
> them add a DKIM signature to cover it and the rest of the message.
>

Interesting.

Would this work if it passes through more than one layer of aliasing?  That
is, can this work if "Separate-Envelope" appears more than once?  Do they
all have to be signed, order preserved, etc.?

-MSK
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