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[Bug 6338] Use of Bit 0x20 in DNS Labels to Improve Transaction Identity

https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6338

--- Comment #1 from Mark Martinec <Ma...@ijs.si> 2010-02-18 00:30:37 UTC ---
Updated to:

=item dns_options opts   (default: empty)                                     

Provides a (whitespace or comma -separated) list of options applying to       
DNS resolving. Available options are 'rotate' and 'dns0x20' (without quotes). 
Option name may be negated by prepending a 'no' (e.g. 'norotate') to          
counteract previously enabled option. The last setting in configuration       
files prevails. By default options 'rotate' and 'dns0x20' are disabled.       

Option 'rotate' [...]

Option 'dns0x20' enables randomization of letters in a DNS query label        
according to draft-vixie-dnsext-dns0x20, decreasing a chance of collisions    
of responses (by chance or by a malicious intent) by increasing spread        
as provided by a 16-bit query ID and up to 16 bits of a port number,          
with additional bits as encoded by flipping case (upper/lower) of letters     
in a query. The number of additional random bits corresponds to the number    
of letters in a query label. Should work reliably with all mainstream         
DNS servers - do not turn on if you see frequent info messages                
"dns: no callback for id:" in the log, or if RBL or URIDNS lookups            
do not work for no apparent reason.                                           


trunk:

Bug 6338: Use of Bit 0x20 in DNS Labels to Improve Transaction Identity
(adds 'dns_options dns0x20', allows negation of dns options, off by default)
Sending        lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm
Sending        lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Dns.pm
Sending        lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm
Transmitting file data ...
Committed revision 911235.

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