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Re: SPF IPv6 nit: A and MX mechanisms

2004-01-09 10:56:39
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 12:51:27PM -0500, tv+spf(_at_)duh(_dot_)org wrote:
| The `mx' and `a' mechanisms use A records to match the connecting host.
| There's no IPv6 equivalent that uses AAAA, because these SPF methods permit
| a CIDR length with the assumption that the host lookup is IPv4.  (Such
| netmasks would be improper for an IPv6 address found via AAAA.)
| 
| I recommend adding equivalent but separate mechanisms `a6' and `mx6' which
| use AAAA records rather than A.  By keeping them separate, this allows `a6'
| and `mx6' to have IPv6-sized prefix lengths.

You can say

  a:host.name.com/24//64

the /24 is ip4, the //64 is ip6.

Does that satisfy?

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