On Sun, 18 Mar 2007, Frank Ellermann wrote:
Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
I'm not convinced that a label with no dot is a FQDN.
I'll have to look up the definition.
You really think TLDs are no FQDNs ? The best explanation
I know (and for that reason also an informative reference
in RFC 4408) is http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3696#section-2
| Consequently, purported DNS names to be used in applications
| and to locate resources generally must contain at least one
| period (".") character. Those that do not are either invalid
| or require the application to supply additional information.
| Of course, this principle does not apply when the purpose of
| the application is to process or query TLD names themselves.
Since the purpose of SPF is *not* to process or query TLD names
themselves, I'd say I'm more convinced than ever that TLDs are no
FQDNs in the context of SPF. Thanks for quoting that.
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