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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ webfinger and encapsulating salmon. First read the salmon and salmon magic envelope specifications. Zot also makes use of webfinger and ActivityStreams and several concepts from RFC822 -(email). Zot encompasses the zot delivery framework, and the zid remote +(email). Zot encompasses the zot delivery framework and the zid remote access protocol. The current specification revision (1) is frozen until a reference @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ change to the revision number. Format of a zot wrapper. This completely encapsulates a salmon magic envelope and provides privacy protection, while defining a delivery envelope - a concept familiar to email systems. All addresses in zot are webfinger -resolvable addresses containing both salmon and zot endpoints. +resolvable addresses containing zot endpoints and salmon public keys (zot +is a superset of salmon). <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> @@ -220,6 +221,17 @@ embed alternate message formats and protocols such as "application/x-diaspora+xml". If a delivery agent is unable to provide any acceptable data format, the delivery MUST be terminated/cancelled. +Foreign Messages +**************** + +Messages MAY be imported from other networks and systems which have no +knowledge of salmon signatures. The salmon signature in this case MUST be the +exact string 'NOTSIGNED' to indicate that the author (From address) cannot be +validated using salmon verification. This message MUST be relayed by a Sender +who can provide a valid salmon signature of the message. Delivery systems MAY +reject foreign messages. + + ********************** * Zid authentication * |