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Re: Last Call: draft-irtf-asrg-dnsbl (DNS Blacklists and Whitelists)

"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> Sat, 08 November 2008 17:27 UTC

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Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:27:15 -0500
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
To: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-irtf-asrg-dnsbl (DNS Blacklists and Whitelists)
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On 8 Nov 2008 17:05:00 -0000
John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:

> > standardizing them and formally recommending their use
> 
> I'm not aware of any language in the current draft that recommends
> that people use DNSBLs.  What it does say is that if you use or
> publish DNSBLs, here's how they work so you can, you know,
> interoperate and all that. 

I hear you -- but http://xkcd.com/463/ comes to mind.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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