Can MAAWG bring a coherent view to the goals of SSP? MAAWG Toronto, 2006 D. Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net
MAAWG – 7th General Meeting - June 2006 Slide 2 What is SSP… so far? DKIM links a (domain) name to specific message < SSP lets owner of a name publish statements about their DKIM practices Standard mechanism for publishing information Core set of information (still being developed) Examples might be: I sign all my mail—if it ain’t signed, it ain’t mine. I send no mail — if it’s from me, it ain’t from me.
MAAWG – 7th General Meeting - June 2006 Slide 3 Some Points of Debate Should initial specification include many practices that can be published or only a few? Should the practices be specific to DKIM? Perspective “Policy” vs. “Practice” Sender describing self, versus trying to “dictate” what recipient should do Efficiency/overhead…
MAAWG – 7th General Meeting - June 2006 Slide 4 A Problem of Focus There many possible practices that authors/senders could be published and might be interesting… I never send HTML-based content I write American English only I never swear Receive filters might use any of these constructively However… A global standard (especially its first version) needs to focus on a few, concrete, global needs Focus on basic features, not a myriad of esoterica
MAAWG – 7th General Meeting - June 2006 Slide 5 A Role for MAAWG with SSP Formulate some industry consensus… on a few basic bits of information that receive-side filtering would find highly useful… if only senders would publish it in a standardized way. In other words, help the IETF effort focus on real and immediate market needs on real and immediate market needs
MAAWG – 7th General Meeting - June 2006 Slide 6 MAAG Helping DKIM Adoption How to get more industry momentum on using DKIM? If you plan to sign or validate DKIM by 6/07 Please participate in a joint announcement, to be made soon, of this intent Send me a private note I will coordinate, to find a common statement that participants can agree on.