[ietf-dkim] A proposal for restructuring SSP

[Scott Kitterman]

On Monday 28 January 2008 11:41, Siegel, Ellen wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ietf-dkim-bounces at mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-
> > bounces at mipassoc.org] On Behalf Of Scott Kitterman
> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:32 AM
> > To: ietf-dkim at mipassoc.org
> > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] A proposal for restructuring SSP
> >
> > On Monday 28 January 2008 10:18, MH Michael Hammer (5304) wrote:
> > > I'd like to voice my support for Bill's position, notwithstanding
>
> #1360
>
> > > from a year ago.
> > >
> > > The reality is that many smaller domain owners rely on their ISP or
> some
>
> > > other service provider to deal with the "under-the-hood" stuff. The
> > > cname suggestion is interesting but I  haven't had time to think it
> > > through.
> >
> > I've done this with some customers.  As long as:
> >
> > 1.  Their DNS provider supports it.
> >
> > 2.  They don't mess it up.
>
> Those caveats are pretty significant for a lot of smaller domain owners.
> It's not generally the case that DNS providers provide easy-to-use tools
> for creating arbitrary authentication-related records. And unless the
> tools are *really* good, they won't do much to solve the "they don't
> mess it up" part even if they do exist.
>

Absolutely.  I've had to send them copy and paste this into your provider's 
U/I type instructions.

Now last I checked Network Solutions didn't even provide TXT, so there's a 
large fraction of the internet that can't do any of this without changing 
providers.

Scott K