In <20070112043256(_dot_)GO5768(_at_)ergens(_dot_)op(_dot_)het(_dot_)net> Alex
van den Bogaerdt <alex(_at_)ergens(_dot_)op(_dot_)het(_dot_)net> writes:
Right now is the time to get familiar with SPF (the DNS RR type) so
that when spf v3 comes around, SPF the protocol can use this type
and forget about TXT. We should encourage software vendors and alike
to implement the SPF RR type.
Yeah, I agree with that. Let the updated name server software get out
there and into various distributions, let the distributions get
installed, get DNS hosters to support the type99 RR type, etc. It
could take many years before the type99 RR type is really usable for
most people, and we might as well start now.
That said, consider which is more important:
1) Convincing people that, along with publishing a TXT SPF RR, they
should also publish an extra type99 SPF RR.
2) Convincing people that, along with publishing a TXT SPF RR for the
MAILFROM domain, they should also publish an extra TXT SPF RR for
the HELO domain.
I personally think the latter is much more useful, and that both are
somewhat confusing concepts that will strike people as not being
really needed. I think that trying to convince people to do both will
likely cause people to do neither.
-wayne
The simpler we make publishing SPF, the easier it will be to drive
adoption. Ideally there should be *one* way to do it, and it
should be easy and straightforward. Anything that smacks of
confusion or doubt will be an obstacle. This thread is full of
FUD.
KISS.
-dgl-
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