#121 Add SPF type

[Stefano Bagnara]

RFC4408 introduce SPF DNS record type (99)
http://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/authors/rfc4408.txt
It should work like a TXT RR record type.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Any chance for get this in dnsjava? This kind of records get
more intresting now

[Brian Wellington]

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I don't like the idea of adding types introduced in
experimental RFCs, but I could add SPF to the next release.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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This an official RFC and no more experimental:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4408.txt

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12. IANA Considerations

12.1. The SPF DNS Record Type

The IANA has assigned a new Resource Record Type and
Qtype from the
DNS Parameters Registry for the SPF RR type with code 99.

[Brian Wellington]

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I'm sorry, but have you read the RFC?

The header on the first page clearly states:

Category: Experimental

and the Status of This Memo section, also on the first page,
says:

This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any
kind.

[Stefano Bagnara]

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Here is the iana link:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters

It does not seems to be experimental.
Even if the SPF protocol is new the number has been
officially assigned.

SPF record type should be defined as a TXTRecord as I don't
think that you'd want to put spf parsing in dnsjava.

[Brian Wellington]

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SPF support is in CVS now, and will be in the next release.

[Ingo]

Ticket moved from /p/dnsjava/feature-requests/5/