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Re: [ietf-dkim] forward movement, please? (was RE: Are lookalike domains like parent domains?)

2008-04-30 16:56:36
Dave Crocker:


Arvel Hathcock wrote:
I propose that the side advocating removal of the NXDOMAIN check agree 
to language which makes this step AT LEAST a SHOULD and preferably a MUST.


Having the ADSP specification include normative text that calls for 
validating 
the From field domain name does two things:

1. Couples an entirely separate and more generally useful mechanism (checking 
domain name validity) to one that is considerably more limited (ADSP).

2. Modifies SMTP.  (Yes, really.)

Having non-normative text that describes it serves to promote the idea but 
not 
couple it with the fate of ADSP.

Instead of discussing how many angels fit on a pinhead, I suggest
that we do something sensible, like: ADSP is bound to DNS, and
therefore it's defined only for author domains that exist in DNS.

        Wietse
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