Re: [dmarc-ietf] Nonexistent Domain Policy was: Re: Working Group Last Call: draft-ietf-dmarc-psd

Scott Kitterman <sklist@kitterman.com> Sat, 20 July 2019 03:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dmarc-ietf] Nonexistent Domain Policy was: Re: Working Group Last Call: draft-ietf-dmarc-psd
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On Friday, July 19, 2019 11:33:38 AM EDT Kurt Andersen (b) wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 8:30 AM Kurt Andersen (b) <kboth@drkurt.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 10:42 PM Scott Kitterman <sklist@kitterman.com>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >> If we want to take another run at this and put it in more standard DNS
> >> terminology, then maybe:
> >> 
> >> .... a domain for which there is an NXDOMAIN or NODATA response for A,
> >> AAAA,
> >> and MX records.
> >> 
> >> I think that cures John's concern with my last proposal and addresses
> >> yours as
> >> well (the response to a CNAME/DNAME is not NODATA/NXDOMAIN, so they are
> >> correctly followed).
> > 
> > Yes - I think that will fix my concerns (and John's too).
> 
> Thinking about this from a reporting POV, where would a receiver categorize
> messages which ended up with SERVFAIL during the process of DMARC (regular
> or PSD)? Would "sp" handling or "np" handling be invoked for SERVFAIL (such
> as a broken DNSSEC implementation)?

RFC 7489 says:

>    Handling of DNS errors when querying for the DMARC policy record is
>    left to the discretion of the Mail Receiver.

In every case where it discusses DNS errors, it leaves it to the receiver to 
decide.  I think it's out of scope for us to do differently.

Scott K