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Re: dns record format

2005-07-20 06:23:16
In <BAY22-DAV95365495FC99C725A9286FCD70(_at_)phx(_dot_)gbl> "Raymond Neeves" 
<raymond_neeves(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com> writes:

so has anyone actually decided on the data structure for the new DNS
SPF record? ie is it in the/a spec somewhere or is everyone just
assuming it will be essentially an encoded text based string
(equivalent to the currently used TXT record) and not a data structure
of some sort?

As per section 3.1.1. of spf-classic-02:

   3.1.1.  DNS Resource Record Types

      This document defines a new DNS RR of type SPF, type code to be
      determined.  The format of this type is identical to the TXT RR
      [RFC1035].  For either type, the character content of the record is
      encoded as [US-ASCII].
   
      RFC Editor Note: Please add the DNS RR type code once it has been
      allocated by the IANA.



-wayne