Re: Max. Number of char in a TXT Record

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Milligan
Darvin Denmian wrote: > Hello, > > I have some questions: > > 1) Anybody know the maximum number of characters allowed in a TXT field? 255 for each string. E.g., @ TXT "v=spf1 mx ip4:216.208.1.1 a:mail01.mydomain.com a:mail02.mydomain.com" " a:mail03.mydomain.com include:something.else.

Re: Max. Number of char in a TXT Record

2009-03-27 Thread Darvin Denmian
I thank everyone for the responses. Thank you for your spending a little time with my question. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Vincent Rivellino wrote: > On Thu, March 26, 2009 19:19, Kevin Darcy wrote: >>> 2) What is the maximum number of includes inside a SFP field? >>> >> I assume you mean S

Re: Max. Number of char in a TXT Record

2009-03-26 Thread Vincent Rivellino
On Thu, March 26, 2009 19:19, Kevin Darcy wrote: >> 2) What is the maximum number of includes inside a SFP field? >> > I assume you mean SPF (Sender Policy Framework), the anti-SPAM(ming) > mechanism (?) > > I'm no SPF expert but in glancing at the documentation it looks like > there is no arbitrar

Re: Max. Number of char in a TXT Record

2009-03-26 Thread Leonard Mills
Darvin Denmian asked: > 2) What is the maximum number of includes inside a SFP field? It is RECOMMENDED that SPF library implementations limit the number of DNS operations performed during a lookup to ten, to cut down on the chances of a denial-of-service exercise using SPF and to short-circuit

Re: Max. Number of char in a TXT Record

2009-03-26 Thread Kevin Darcy
Darvin Denmian wrote: Hello, I have some questions: 1) Anybody know the maximum number of characters allowed in a TXT field? A simple question, but a complicated answer. You may have multiple "strings" in a single TXT record. Each "string" may be up to 255 characters in length, with a "le

Max. Number of char in a TXT Record

2009-03-26 Thread Darvin Denmian
Hello, I have some questions: 1) Anybody know the maximum number of characters allowed in a TXT field? 2) What is the maximum number of includes inside a SFP field? Sorry for the bad english :( Thanks ! ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.i