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[DNSOP] Re: draft-ferro-dnsop-apertoid: _apertoid TXT records for AI agent identity, TXT overloading vs new RRTYPE?

Vittorio Bertola <vittorio.bertola@ox.io> Tue, 11 August 2026 15:26 UTC

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:26:08 +0200
From: Vittorio Bertola <vittorio.bertola@ox.io>
To: Andrea Ferro <irn@irn3.com>, dnsop@ietf.org
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> Il 11/08/2026 15:52 CEST Andrea Ferro <irn@irn3.com> ha scritto:
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> Hi dnsop,
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> I have an individual draft I would like to put in front of the group, with one specific design question I expect this list will have strong views on.
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> AI agents increasingly act on behalf of domains, but there is no standard way for a domain to declare which agents it authorizes, or for a relying party to verify that an agent legitimately represents the domain it claims.
> 
This looks like the class of problems currently being discussed in the DAWN mailing list / BoF / upcoming working group, so you should rather bring your proposal there.
 
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