[ietf-dkim] NEW ISSUE: "does not exist"

[Jim Fenton]

Dave Crocker wrote:
>
>>>    4.  The domain does not exist; the message MUST be considered
>>>        Suspicious.
>>
>> Presumably "does not exist" means there is no DNS record. 
>> (Otherwise, the
>> phrase "does not exist" needs to be explained.)
>
>
> If references to domain names that "do not exist" means specifically
> that they are not registered in the DNS -- ie, not visible on the
> public Internet's view of the DNS -- then the document should say this
> explicitly.
>
> If it means something else, then that meaning needs to be made explicit.
>
>

I believe the wording that is there is appropriate for the Operation
Overview section, which is the context in which the text you quoted
appears.  A more precise definition can be found in section 4.4, step 3.

-Jim