vjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Vernon Schryver) writes: > ... but I don't see any direct connection between [DNSSEC] and a > replacement for DNS blacklists. i know. but you asked about trust query protocols, not about blackhole lists. as the creator of the first blackhole list, let me just say, "they don't scale." > I don't see what multicast has much to do with my SMTP server asking my > chosen (and hired) clearinghouse about the reputation of the owner the IP > address of an SMTP client. Some sort of anycast might be a good > optimization. I guess anycasting can be seen as a form of multicasting. > Is that what you mean? no. for one thing, this is not (at heart) an smtp problem. more later. -- Paul Vixie