Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Kevin Darcy
JINMEI Tatuya / wrote: At Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:30:46 -0500, Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Title : Considerations for the use of DNS Reverse Mapping Author(s) : D. Senie, A. Sullivan Filename: draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-co

Re: Fwd: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Mark Andrews
> BTW, one technical point about AOL: > > AOL is not an ISP; It really does not matter what the genesis of AOL was they are a ISP today. Also AOL started in 1985. The Internet pre-dates AOL. Fast Facts as of November, 2006 * AOL is the leading Internet service pro

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Dean Anderson
I didn't _assume_ their assumptions were false. I showed the reasons why their assumptions were false. --Dean On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Joe Abley wrote: > > On 26-Mar-2007, at 14:48, Dean Anderson wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Robert Story wrote: > > > >> DA> Assuming an 'appare

Re: Fwd: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Dean Anderson
BTW, one technical point about AOL: AOL is not an ISP; AOL is an online content provider. AOL/Compuserve predates the internet. Internet email is a free option that AOL doesn't have to provide. AOL can drop internet access without violating their user contract, which is for AOL proprietary online

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Joe Abley
On 26-Mar-2007, at 14:48, Dean Anderson wrote: On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Robert Story wrote: DA> Assuming an 'apparent inability to update reverse tree' is a false DA> assumption: But you can't dictate other peoples assumptions. Assumptions are often based on ones personal experiences, and i

Re: Fwd: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Dean Anderson
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Robert Story wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Dean wrote: > DA> Real anti-spam groups at large ISPs don't use reverse DNS for spam > DA> filtering. There have been attempts to do so in the past, but those > DA> ended in (sometimes well-publicized) disasters

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Douglas Otis
On Mar 26, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Robert Story wrote: On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Dean wrote: DA> Real anti-spam groups at large ISPs don't use reverse DNS for spam DA> filtering. There have been attempts to do so in the past, but those DA> ended in (sometimes well-publicized) disas

Re: Fwd: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, Dean has already made clear, in a previous exchange on this list, that he does not think draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations in any revision, past or future, can be made to address his concerns; my understanding is that this is why he has offered an alternative draft t

Re: Fwd: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-26 Thread Robert Story
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Dean wrote: DA> Real anti-spam groups at large ISPs don't use reverse DNS for spam DA> filtering. There have been attempts to do so in the past, but those DA> ended in (sometimes well-publicized) disasters. This is patently and provably false. AOL clearly

Re: Fwd: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-23 Thread Dean Anderson
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, Ted Lemon wrote: > On Mar 20, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Evan Hunt wrote: > > But spam fighters are a real constituency, who (so I'm told) get > > real and useful information from reverse DNS, and they don't seem to > > be very well-represented here. Spam fighters are very well repres

Fwd: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-21 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mar 20, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Evan Hunt wrote: But spam fighters are a real constituency, who (so I'm told) get real and useful information from reverse DNS, and they don't seem to be very well-represented here. In the original message you were responding to, I believe I said that noticing

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-20 Thread Evan Hunt
> This is not germane to the discussion, but it would be a great issue > to waste mailing list bandwidth on. So please let's not. We > really don't need to discuss the vagaries of spam assassination here. I wholeheartedly agree that the vagaries of spam assassination aren't relevant to th

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-20 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
At Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:58:07 -0400, Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They don't have to work. If they are stupid, they oughtn't to work. > > E.g., if your ssh server is checking your reverse record to make > > sure you are who you claim to be, it's kind of missing the point - > > it

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-20 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mar 20, 2007, at 2:04 AM, Evan Hunt wrote: But, as I understand it, that is *exactly* the datum that people who use the reverse tree for spam detection are interested in. They want to know whether or not you have control over your reverse tree. If you don't, then the odds that you're a f

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-19 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:06:48PM +0100, Ted Lemon wrote: > Fortunately, in a spam scoring system, as long as you don't use this > as your exclusive score, it's probably okay - hopefully other > indicators will tell you a different story. Right; this is why I think the "security" and "utility" q

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-19 Thread Evan Hunt
> Actually, there is one reason to consider it stupid: I might have > control over my forward tree, but not over the reverse tree for the > IP address I have. But, as I understand it, that is *exactly* the datum that people who use the reverse tree for spam detection are interested in. They

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-19 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mar 19, 2007, at 7:58 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: One thing that popped for me during your presentation today, Andrew, is that you say that the stupid things people are doing with the reverse zone have to work. This isn't true. Yikes. If that's the way I put it, my apologies; it certainly

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-19 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:25:54PM +0100, Ted Lemon wrote: > One thing that popped for me during your presentation today, Andrew, > is that you say that the stupid things people are doing with the > reverse zone have to work. This isn't true. Yikes. If that's the way I put it, my apologi

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-19 Thread Ted Lemon
One thing that popped for me during your presentation today, Andrew, is that you say that the stupid things people are doing with the reverse zone have to work. This isn't true. They don't have to work. If they are stupid, they oughtn't to work. E.g., if your ssh server is checking

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-19 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
At Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:30:46 -0500, Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Title : Considerations for the use of DNS Reverse Mapping > > Author(s) : D. Senie, A. Sullivan > > Filename: draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt > > Pages

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-07 Thread Shane Kerr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dean Anderson wrote: > FYI, I have submitted an alternate draft as an individual submission. It > was submitted after the meeting cutoff and so will not be processed > until Monday, March 19 at 9:00 AM ET, when Internet-Draft posting > resumes. > > Th

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-07 Thread Dean Anderson
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > I don't understand what is in section 3.1 of -anderson- that is not in > -reverse-mapping- -02. In particular, I don't see what any of > >Myth: "Registries require IP users to populate reverse mapping." > >Fact: Registries generally encour

Re: [DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-06 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Hi Dean, On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:08:50AM -0500, Dean Anderson wrote: > The draft can be found in the meantime at > > http://www.av8.net/IETF-watch/Drafts/draft-anderson-reverse-dns-status-00.txt Thanks for the contribution to the discussion. I have read this draft, and I have some questions

[DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-03-06 Thread Dean Anderson
FYI, I have submitted an alternate draft as an individual submission. It was submitted after the meeting cutoff and so will not be processed until Monday, March 19 at 9:00 AM ET, when Internet-Draft posting resumes. The draft can be found in the meantime at http://www.av8.net/IETF-watch/Drafts/dr

[DNSOP] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-02.txt

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 03:50:02PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. > This draft is a work item of the Domain Name System Operations Working Group > of the IETF. > > Title : Consi