Hello, all
I have posted some questions on the DNS Stuff forum about the SPF draft.
To view the thread go to:
http://forums.dnsstuff.com/tool/post/dnsstuff/vpost?id=472797
Other remarks about section 3
3.1
v=spf1 is not conform RFC 1464 (this is about the TXT record not about the SPF
record but as long they both MUST be identical)
also
RFC 1464 is not mentioned in the references
the quotes are NOT nessesary (AFAIK)
3.1.1
An SPF-compliant check SHOULD try to look up and use a record of the SPF type
first, before falling back to the TXT type. However, the client MAY also look
up both types in parallel.
If, for a domain, both types are obtained but their contents do not match, the
SPF client SHOULD return a "PermError" result.
The "PermError" rule is NOT mentioned in 4.5 Selecting records.
Also:
What to do if both rules are not identical but they both exclude or allow the
domain in question?
Still the SPF client SHOULD return a "PermError" result?
3.1.3
see
http://forums.dnsstuff.com/tool/post/dnsstuff/vpost?id=472797
also:
There is a maximum of 64k length for a string in a TXT record but do you really
think you need longer?
If you do then you have bad luck a TXT record allows only the same lenght.
And then you need multiple TXT records.
for the problems with that see
http://forums.dnsstuff.com/tool/post/dnsstuff/vpost?id=472797
Excuses that I forgot to add a subject line to my last email.