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Re: [ietf-dkim] NEW ISSUE: "does not exist"

2007-12-11 08:15:40
Dave Crocker wrote:

   4.  The domain does not exist; the message MUST be considered
       Suspicious.

Presumably "does not exist" means there is no DNS record. 
(Otherwise, the
phrase "does not exist" needs to be explained.)


If references to domain names that "do not exist" means specifically
that they are not registered in the DNS -- ie, not visible on the
public Internet's view of the DNS -- then the document should say this
explicitly.

If it means something else, then that meaning needs to be made explicit.



I believe the wording that is there is appropriate for the Operation
Overview section, which is the context in which the text you quoted
appears.  A more precise definition can be found in section 4.4, step 3.

-Jim
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