[ietf-dkim] [dkim] #10: Error in Appendix C. Creating a Public Key

[Murray S. Kucherawy]

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> Subject: [dkim] #10: Error in Appendix C. Creating a Public Key
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> #10: Error in Appendix C. Creating a Public Key
> 
>  http://mipassoc.org/pipermail/ietf-dkim/2011q2/015812.html
> 
>  For appendix C, I believe the example for the public key DNS record is
>  missing the complete subdomain. It has brisbane where it should be
>  brisbane._domainkey
> 
>  Text change to consider:
> 
>     This public-key data (without the BEGIN and END tags) is placed in
>     the DNS as a TXT record subdomain using the selector (i.e. brisbane)
>     plus "._domainkey" like so:
> 
>     brisbane._domainkey IN  TXT  ("v=DKIM1; p=".....")

I don't think this clarifies anything in particular.  If the zone file is for a domain itself, this makes sense, but the text as-is is just fine if the zone file is for _domainkey.<domain>.  I've seen it done (and have done it) using both designs, so both are equally correct.