Re: Trouble with Sender Authentication

Douglas Otis <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:15:29 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.mxcomp
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On Nov 7, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:

>
> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 18:41, Douglas Otis wrote:
>
>> Obsoleting existing libraries and related scripts as needed due to  
>> the DDoS potential.
>
> When you say the word script, do you mean SPF records (Please, this  
> is meant to be a yes/no question, there's no need to write a  
> dissertation that repeats the arguements made earlier in the  
> thread.  I read those already.)?

The concern is with libraries that execute scripts labeled as SPF 1  
or 2 contained within DNS resource records.  A potential attack  
utilizing just the access of these resources records has not been  
described.

-Doug