Andrew G. Malis wrote:
Dave,
I couldn't help seeing in your email:
The DMARC specification is not 'an IETF document'. The current
plan is to publish it as an RFC, through the 'Independent' stream,
which also is /not/ an IETF activity.
when compared to the following at dmarc.org <http://dmarc.org> (on the
front page):
"DMARC policies are published in the public Domain Name System (DNS),
and available to everyone. It is the goal of DMARC.org to submit the
draft specification to the IETF so that it may begin the process of
becoming an official Internet Standard RFC - available to everyone for
reference, implementation, and improvement."
The statement on dmarc.org <http://dmarc.org> really does look like a
misrepresentation.
Exactly. And IETF is complicit by providing the publication vehicle and
not loudly denying that it's an IETF standards-track protocol, with all
the associated careful vetting, testing, and maturation over time.
(There's a reason that folks like Xerox and Kleenex very actively
protect their brand.)
Miles Fidelman
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra