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Re: [Asrg] New draft draft-irtf-asrg-bcp-blacklists-01.txt

2008-04-07 20:55:13


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From: Chris Lewis <clewis(_at_)nortel(_dot_)com>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [Asrg] New draft draft-irtf-asrg-bcp-blacklists-01.txt

der Mouse wrote:
"Best current practice" implies that someone is _currently_ running
their foo in the manner bar described by the BCP.

I don't think so.  Rather, for each point, there should be someone
doing that.  That there is anyone who does them all is not, I think,
necessary (or, for a BCP with more than a few points, very likely).

Note that the draft was explicitly designed to be as inclusive as 
possible of existing DNSBLs.  Most of the popular DNSBLs are already in 
full compliance and/or differing only in a few points.  Heck, even SPEWS 
would only have been off compliance on one major (and perhaps one or two 
minor) points for most of its lifetime.

Please keep that in mind - if it seems otherwise, that means we have a 
wording problem.  Which is why I'm redrafting 2.2.1 and 2.2.3... ;-)

Why would we implement a BCP that (to some) seems so inclusive/"loose"? 
  Two reasons:

1) Tell DNSBL _users_ what points they should look for, and at least by 
omission, what _not_ to expect.

2) Explicitly recognize that DNSBL operators should be able to implement 
whatever listing policies they want.
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