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Re: [dnsext] [spfbis] Obsoleting SPF RRTYPE

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Fri, 26 April 2013 15:32 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
To: Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@icsi.berkeley.edu>
Thread-Topic: [dnsext] [spfbis] Obsoleting SPF RRTYPE
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Subject: Re: [dnsext] [spfbis] Obsoleting SPF RRTYPE
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On Apr 26, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@icsi.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> IF the string is random, thats a 1 in 2^36 chance.  Yawn.
> 
> And if the string is "malicious" and deliberately constructed to be a bad record starting with v=spf1, it only screws up the domain owner's SPF record, so who gives a flying fig?  The domain owner can correct it, be done with it, and move on.

Right.

> If you want DNSSEC, you got to fix THAT problem anyway.

This is a non-sequitur.

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