Re: mail signing history, was Call for Community Feedback: Retiring IETF FTP Service

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Hiya,

On 18/11/2020 22:41, Michael Thomas wrote:
It would be pretty disasterous regardless of a valid DKIM signature. Most people have no clue that email *also* prevents deniability but the damage would already be done because nobody's going believe that somebody's long cheating email romance was just elaborately spoofed. Same goes for providers if they screw up: an invalidated DKIM signature is not going to protect them from lawsuits.

Maybe or maybe not. In the case of the DNC/Podesta it might
have had utility for someone wishing to claim forgery. I
don't really claim to know whether it'd be a useful legal
mechanism or not, so while I do think it might, that'd need
more checking for sure.

S.

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