Newsgroups: iecc.lists.ietf.ietf From: John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [spfbis] prefixed names, was Last Call: <draft-ietf-spfbis-4408bis-19.txt> Summary: Expires: References: <5212FCEF.80701@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <55459829-933F-4157-893A-F90552D4441A@xxxxxxxxxx> <5213174D.7080504@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <D2148A40-2673-40C7-8349-0A65D0D01794@xxxxxxxxxx> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Keywords: Cc: Cleverness: some >The two following MIGHT NOT be in the same zone: > >foo.example. IN X RDATAX >_bar.foo.example. IN TXT RDATAY Since prefixed names have never been used for anything other than providing information about the unprefixed name, what conceivable operational reason could there be to put a zone cut at the prefix? This impresses me as one of those problems where the solution is "don't do that." R's, John