WebMaster(_at_)Commerco(_dot_)Net wrote:
At 01:25 PM 1/20/2009, Sandy wrote:
Anyway, add in half of the unclassified BINDs, plus half of the
totally unknown servers, and even at this surely inflated level,
you're talking about 45% SPF RR support. That isn't "most all DNS
servers" (whatever that means). It's almost "most".
[...]
I would not argue with your wishful thinking, but that's not what we
should deal with here.
I really don't think it a case of wishful thinking to suggest that
moving the spec to 99/SPF as the primary request type over TXT. It is
the logical path where things will eventually go.
The new spec should move to 99/SPF as the _only_ request type. It may
mention compatibility issues with the experimental rfc (to specify
limiting dates would really be wishful thinking, though.)
I'm currently using the stock debian bind, without SPF RR support. So
what? Switching to the new spec will not happen suddenly, and people
will have plenty of time for upgrading. OTOH, to standardize that the
same data should be repeated twice in two distinct RRs is grotesque.
DNS queries might also differ in the new spec. It has been noted that
hostmasters usually don't define SPF records for each host. Although I
agree that better doc/evangelism may help, we should ease SPF adoption
rather than making it more complicated than it needs. I wish the new
specs provide for one or more of
1) recommend using wildcard DNS records, see rfc4592 (nb: 4592>4408),
2) mandate the "zone cut" algorithm in clients, and
3) set a default _spf.<domain> name, where <domain> is the SOA MNAME
of a failed query.
Below, some pointers to interesting old discussions:
26 Apr 2004, Wayne and Meng agree that _not_ having the zone cut
algorithm "is very yucky"
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2004/04/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/0:1/4462669/
21 Jun 2004, "match_subdomains=yes" wording
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2004/06/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/0:1/5258624/
18 Oct 2004, "zone cut" in the list of requested changes
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2004/10/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/10:11/7043237/
07 Nov 2004, worries for the wizard not handling the zone cut
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2004/11/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/6:12/7310336/
26 Dec 2004, delegated SPF as redirect
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2004/12/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/1:16/7848208/
14 Jan 2005, pros and cons
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2005/01/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/9:22/8036442/
23 Feb 2005, zone cut default algorithm should not be used by SPFv1
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2005/02/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/0:15/8458725/
24 Feb 2005, "left-to-right stuff"
http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/735/2005/02/search/em9uZSBjdXQ/sort/subj/page/1/entry/4:15/8462290/
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