From: "Jeremy T. Bouse" <jeremy+spf(_at_)undergrid(_dot_)net>
I think people are failing to miss what I thought was the entire
point of James' intent which was why are we even bothering to waste time
contemplating the use of XML within DNS records for the publishing of
information. Enough with the Microsoft bashing, sure can't say I've done
my fair share of it, but the point is not to bash Microsoft and CID or
atleast that's not how I read James' email. The point is XML is
completely unnecessary for the task at hand. Use the right tool for the
job for pete's sake. You wouldn't see a brain surgeon using needle nose
pliers during surgery would you? Or a construction worker using a tack
hammer to break up concrete? So why use XML within DNS which is totally
not required to do the job.
I'm pretty sure that a couple of years from now, people will want to do more
with SPF and will have troubles working with the existing syntax. They'll
then reinvent the wheel by adding a lot of parentheses and curly quotes, and
SPF records will start looking like:
v=spf3
key{[gfk;info](_at_)logidac(_dot_)[net;com;org];gfk(_at_)gfk-palace(_dot_)org}=0x454FACD4
mx -all
People will complain about that lousy syntax, and ask why we didn't choose
XML in the first place.
The dual syntax offers the simplicity of ol'SPF with the future-proofness of
XML.
Best,
GFK's
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Guillaume Filion, ing. jr
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