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Re: new draft RFC: thoughts on localpart

2003-10-16 17:11:58
On Thursday 16 October 2003 23:50, Meng Weng Wong wrote:
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:10:02PM +0100, Phil White wrote:
| Big problem
|
| Many DNS admins forget to disable general AXFR for their zonefile.
| Result: You have just published a list of addresses spammers can use to
| circumvent SPF.

You're right.  It is a big problem.

But who does it hurt most?  The people who caused the problem.

They should be motivated to fix it.

Thats a tiny bit harsh.

AFAIK, there is no suggestion that the behaviour is 'broken' - just insecure. 
There is certainly nothing to suggest that it is wrong, simply inadvisable.

And, if ever the net moves to DNSSEC extensions (and I hope it does ASAP), 
then you cannot prevent AXFR under the current proposals.

Regards,

Phil.

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