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Re: [ietf-dkim] (registered) domain name (Re: errata revision: opaque)

2009-03-27 18:30:55
Steve Atkins wrote:

Not only does hatstand.beartrap.blighty.com not resolve, it's not
registered anywhere. It exists solely as a substring of the string
that's actually queried -
banjo.aardvark._domainkey.hatstand.beartrap.blighty.com

The only thing that can be said about the SDID in DNS terms is that
the signer of the mail has the ability to add TXT records in the
subtree rooted at that domain.

Given that, trying to make more specific statements about what the
SDID is than something vague like "a domain name" is likely to lead to
something that's misleading or plain wrong.

-1 on "registered" or "resolvable".

Sounds like the real requirement is that a DKIM verifier be able to figure 
out which key to use, based on that string.  There must be an IETF standard 
way to describe that....

-- 
J.D. Falk
Return Path Inc
http://www.returnpath.net/
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