[Asrg] New draft draft-irtf-asrg-bcp-blacklists-01.txt

[Douglas Otis]

On Mar 25, 2008, at 2:53 PM, SM wrote:

> At 14:27 25-03-2008, Matthias Leisi wrote:
>> * 2.2.1 Listings SHOULD be temporary: IMO this section should be  
>> dropped - - it describes a certain policy which may or may not fit  
>> the purpose of a particular DNSBL.
>
> It is better that listings be temporary as IP addresses can be  
> reassigned.  There is nothing in that recommendation that prevents  
> the operator from relisting the IP address.  Such a recommendation  
> prompts the operator to review the listings for correctness.

This ignores whether ownership of the address space changed.  In some  
cases, IP addresses can not be handled effectively on an individual  
basis when network stewardship proves ineffective.  This issue is  
evolving along with introduction of IPv6.  Let the games been?

>> * 3.5 Listing of special...: "MAY list loopback" vs. "MUST NOT list  
>> 127.0.0.1" - does this make sense?
>
> Yes.


Agreed.  There also remains a small percentage of subscribers that  
query address octets in the wrong order.  Such problems may require  
specialized services to ensure proper subscriber configuration or just  
greater dependence on Darwin.  : )

-Doug