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Re: dkim technology?

2005-07-14 11:31:29

 One example, is the language about the new DNS RR types probably won't
 be accepted by the folks on namedroppers, and I can give some
 suggestions about what will be more likely to be accepted.  I suspect
 that the tree-walking in the current draft will also be very unpopular
 with the DNS folks.  SPF removed the zone-cut idea in part because of
 this opposition, and the CSV's tree-walk wasn't any better accepted.


using zone-cut quite simply violates dns semantics.  zones are an 
administrative construct, not a name-space construct.

the tree-walk model is a very difficult compromise.  for csv we explored 
this issue at very great and very painful length.  there is no question 
that the result is ugly. the problem was that there seemed to be no other 
way to deal with site-wide "policy" records.

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