[ietf-dkim] Requirements clarification: DNS Exchange determinism
Scott Kitterman
ietf-dkim at kitterman.com
Wed Aug 9 10:00:15 PDT 2006
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1. Discovery mechanism MUST be rooted in DNS.
! 2. Discovery mechanism MUST converge in a deterministic number of
exchanges.
[Informative Note: this, for all intents and purposes is a
--- 470,476 ----
1. Discovery mechanism MUST be rooted in DNS.
! 2. Discovery mechanism MUST converge in a deterministic maximum number
of
exchanges.
[Informative Note: this, for all intents and purposes is a
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The point is to have a reliable maximum. As written the requirement would
seem to require a standard number of exchanges, not just a maximum. We
shouldn't prohibit efficiencies if we can find them.
Scott K
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