[62635] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: VeriSign SMTP reject server updated
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kaufman)
Sat Sep 20 14:26:37 2003
From: "Matthew Kaufman" <matthew@eeph.com>
To: "'Matt Larson'" <mlarson@verisign.com>, <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:25:41 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20030920180139.GA21405@chinook.rgy.netsol.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> One piece of feedback we received multiple times after the=20
> addition of the wildcard A record to the .com/.net zones=20
> concerned snubby, our SMTP mail rejection server.=20
Did you miss the other pieces of feedback about how wildcard records in =
.com
and .net are simply a bad idea for numerous reasons?
> We would like to state for the record that the only purpose=20
> of this server is to reject mail immediately to avoid its=20
> remaining in MTA queues throughout the Internet. We are=20
> specifically not retaining, nor do we have any intention to=20
> retain, any email addresses from these SMTP transactions.=20
Right. We can't trust you to do the right thing with regard to the =
wildcards
themselves, so now we have to trust you when you tell us what your SMTP
server does. Why should we trust you, again?
> I would welcome feedback on these options sent to me=20
> privately or the list; I will summarize the former.
I'll take "the list", even though I'm sure it'll get beaten to death by =
the
time I check my mailbox again.
Matthew Kaufman
matthew@eeph.com
Ps. Are you planning on operating servers which reject, with proper =
status
codes, every other common service that might be found at an Internet
address?
