Re: Comments on Malformed Message BCP draft

Dave Cridland <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.apps-discuss,gmane.ietf.rfc822
Message-ID <3111.1302886222.968467@puncture>
On Fri Apr 15 17:44:16 2011, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
> The fact that MTAs will do one thing with, for example, malformed  
> MIME and browsers/MUAs do something else is a real problem.

I'd be willing to bet that such differences represent a vector for  
(for example) mail-based trojans.

I agree that in the event that MIME is incorrect, there is strong  
pressure to do *something* with it, and we should try to ensure that  
that something is aligned.

It may be that the discussion suggests rejecting, in which case I  
suggest the document should clearly explain why, and what the  
implications of not doing so are, beyond "it makes some problems  
harder to diagnose".

Dave.
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