[Asrg] Round 2 of the DNSBL BCP

[Matt Sergeant]

On 1-Apr-08, at 3:39 PM, Chris Lewis wrote:
> Matt Sergeant wrote:
>> And did you add something somewhere about how a Listing/Entry might
>> map to >1 "thing" in the list? e.g. a range/ASN/whatever?
>
> Should I?  Or is John's document the right place for that?

I think the problem is we still do reference "IP address" in various  
places, and so some clarification of terms is needed.

>>> 3.3.  DNSBLs SHOULD Provide Operational Flags
>>>
>>>    Most DNSBLs follow a convention of entries for IPs in
>>> 127.0.0.0/8 to
>>>    provide online indication of whether the DNSBL is  
>>> operational.  In
>>>    other words, the result of a DNS lookup will be in the range of
>>>    127.0.0.1 through 127.0.0.255.
>>
>> I don't think this "in other words" fits. The first talks about
>> operational entries, the second talks of results. And the first talks
>> of a /8 and the latter the /24.
>
> Yes, confusing.  Redrafting:
>
> Most DNSBLs follow a convention of entries for IPs in
> 127.0.0.0/8 (127.0.0.0-127.0.0.255) to
> provide online indication of whether the DNSBL is operational.

Except either make that a /24 or fix the range to be the /8. :-)

Matt.

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