>Surveying the deployment of DKIM in the ".fr" top-level domain, I >notice the vast majority of domains with a _domainkey subdomain have a >A record for the subdomain (check jeunes-sapeurs-pompiers.fr or >journeedelentrepreneur.fr). > >I do not think it is legitimate but I may miss something. Any >reasonable use of such a record?
Those aren't _domainkey records -- they're just wildcards. R's, John $ dig *.jeunes-sapeurs-pompiers.fr ; <<>> DiG 9.4.2 <<>> *.jeunes-sapeurs-pompiers.fr ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1458 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;*.jeunes-sapeurs-pompiers.fr. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: *.jeunes-sapeurs-pompiers.fr. 38400 IN A 91.121.53.53 ;; Query time: 103 msec ;; SERVER: 208.31.42.32#53(208.31.42.32) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 6 10:32:02 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 62 $ dig *.journeedelentrepreneur.fr a ; <<>> DiG 9.4.2 <<>> *.journeedelentrepreneur.fr a ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 430 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;*.journeedelentrepreneur.fr. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: *.journeedelentrepreneur.fr. 172800 IN A 194.206.126.204 ;; Query time: 105 msec ;; SERVER: 208.31.42.32#53(208.31.42.32) ;; WHEN: Mon Oct 6 10:32:52 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 61 _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
