Re: [spfbis] SPDF Domain Name Syntax

S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com> Tue, 03 May 2016 06:45 UTC

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Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 23:44:55 -0700
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Subject: Re: [spfbis] SPDF Domain Name Syntax
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Hi Tobias,
At 11:55 02-05-2016, Tobias Perschon wrote:
>I have a question regarding RFC 7208. Is a domain name e.g. for an 
>"a:" directive supposed to be a FQDN; more precisely: can a domain 
>name contain a trailing dot?
>e.g.: should this be able to be handled by any software that implements spf:
>v=spf1 a:domain.com. ~all
>
>Postfix for example has no problems with an domain name with 
>trailing dot but I have found a software "mdeamon" which cannot 
>perform a dns lookup if the domain name is a FQDN (with trailing 
>dot). I wrote the developers but they say, they think it's not a bug 
>in their software because "all of the pages about SPF, don't talk 
>about domains with trailing dot" and the RFC does not make it 
>explicit if a FQDN is acceptable.

Section 4.8 of RFC 7208 discusses about "domain-spec".  The issue is 
whether the software implements RFC 7208 and, if so, whether it 
adheres to the ABNF defined in RFC 7208.  The software should be able 
to handle the above-mentioned example.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy