Re: [dmarc-ietf] Fwd: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7489 (7865)

Matthäus Wander <mail@wander.science> Tue, 26 March 2024 20:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] Fwd: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7489 (7865)
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Alessandro Vesely wrote on 2024-03-26 19:30:
> No.  To take several years and come up with a syntax which does not 
> cover all valid addresses is a sign of incompetence that this WG doesn't 
> deserve, IMHO. What do others think?
> 
> Let's rather switch to /[0-9a-fA-F.:]+/.  Terse and correct.

I'm in favor of a brief and coarse regex, which is suitable for 
detecting obvious junk. The above proposal looks good enough to me. I 
wouldn't mind adding an outer bounds check, e.g.: [0-9a-fA-F.:]{3,45}

If an implementer sees merit in a comprehensive syntax check, they can 
add one to their software.

Regards,
Matt