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Re: Re: draft-ietf-marid-protocol-03

2004-09-24 08:25:06
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 09:57:02PM -0700, Greg Connor wrote:
I agree, we should try to get an experimental RR type allocated for SPF.

So do I.

Another point regarding this, as Meng pointed out in irc, MS seems to be 
claiming that using TXT records in DNS to fight forgery is their idea. 
Therefore, moving forward with another record type might steer us further 
away from disputed territory, if the patent gets approved.

This could be perceived as 'giving in', but I don't see what can be done 
against it. However, getting the RR type for spf seems like a very good idea, 
and from what I understood this won't be that much trouble.

So what _is_ the procedure, and who's going to carry it out?

I don't forsee anyone dropping support for TXT though.  The RR type has to 
be available for a long time (I would say at least a year) before enough 
servers and clients support it.  It would have to be a long-term goal, but 
I still think it's a good goal.

Unfortunatelly, this could take a while for all systems to support it, if ever.

Koen

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