Subject: Re: RFC 2634 Questions

From: suchet singh khalsa <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 00:23:12 -0700 (PDT)

Hi,
   Resending due to no response. Can anybody please
help me with these questions...

Thanks in advance,
Suchet

--- suchet singh khalsa <[email-masked]>
wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>   Can you please answer the following questions
> w.r.t
> MLA processing of S/MIME messages :
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> According to RFC 2632, while verifying signatures it
> should confirmed that the sender (RFC822 From or
> Sender headers) of the message is the same as the
> signed entity. Does this apply to ONLY the innermost
> signature in a triple wrapped message ?
> If no, this will impact MLA processing as documented
> in RFC 2634 in the following manner :
> 
> 1.  The MLA creates an outermost SignedData layer
> using the private key of the list. The final
> recipient
> will not be able to verify this signature since the
> From header is not the list email address. Is the
> solution here to set the list email address as the
> RFC
> 822 Sender header ?
> 
> 2.  Most MLA's support mail merge functionality. Is
> the intent of RFC 2634 to mandate that S/MIME and
> mail
> merge do not go hand in hand ? The reason for this
> question is : When MLA does mail merge, the
> innermost
> signature in a triple wrapped message will become
> invalid -  so the MLA will have to sign with the
> private key of the list. So, the end recipient will
> not be able to verify this signature since the From
> header of the mail is not the list email address.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> RFC 2634 does not talk about this case :
> An application/pkcs7-mime bodypart is enclosed in
> another multipart, so that it is not the level 1
> bodypart. What should the MLA do in this case ?
> Possibilities are :
> 1.  Create the outermost signature (according to
> RFC2634 page 34) for the whole mail.
> 
> 2.  Create the outermost signature (according to
> RFC2634 page 34) only for the application/pkcs7-mime
> content.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Thanks,
> Suchet
> 
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