On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 3:38:43 PM EDT Barry Leiba wrote:

I reviewed your comments and I think they are generally reasonable, but I 
think this one needs further discussion:

> — Section 3.2.3 —
> 
>    The term "owns"
>    here indicates that the entity or organization being referenced holds
>    the registration of that DNS domain.
> 
> Is holding the registration really the right angle?  If someone is
> providing a service at example.org and gives out
> barryleiba.example.org for my use, I could be the domain owner for
> DMARC purposes, but I don’t “hold the registration”.  I might even
> have complete control of the DMARC record for barryleiba.example.org.
> Maybe “has legitimate control of the use of that DNS domain, most
> often by holding its registration.” ?

That's true, but only to the extent that example.org allows it based on their 
internal policies, procedures, etc.  They can change their mind for whatever 
reason and while you may care deeply, it's opaque to the Internet as a whole.  
DMARC deals with organizational domains (in your example, example.org), how 
such organizations manage their internals isn't, I don't believe, germane.  I 
think registration is what we want here.

Scott K


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