DNS TXT records do have a limitation. Strings must not be longer than 255 Bytes.
This limitation can hurt you with SPF records or DKIM records. In this case you have to split the string size of your record.
Let’s do the example with DKIM:
You created a 2048 bit key. This key looks like:
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApet+d5U8yvCfBAzcAdS5
uID/r4Cj4naN1U2fBnxd2aMFLjWn6GHwUvoZuYCYtK23RglWE3meOvD1hxzsHnGm
xPIyujltbns+wUlzdKms6eWfhjfoaO5Ifg/0NRHxI0tEBZE6XX2cWP2rHUpVQ+aw
No0JeurqRCTz7WQufWKa9H4n5hpLpnLYNOuRxThy3ezZgcfsqWND5NsIdDdrPvEQ
ok8YFr5FaMahGUI4OoMwwKjuLo24YfSqUMiNVFk00yveNvB1qJHKUrRIUfIE4grm
D4gjQFIV9n7tT7kdnFb0inPvXxMJSTGFN7Sz+ifNA7DMSVjpBWTuhuY3OK4gBQAk
AwIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
Now you create a DKIM record out of this.
The DKIM record will look like:
selector._domainkey.domain IN TXT "v=DKIM1;k=rsa;p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApet+d5U8yvCfBAzcAdS5uID/r4Cj4naN1U2fBnxd2aMFLjWn6GHwUvoZuYCYtK23RglWE3meOvD1hxzsHnGmuID/r4Cj4naN1U2fBnxd2aMFLjWn6GHwUvoZuYCYtK23RglWE3meOvD1hxzsHnGmxPIyujltbns+wUlzdKms6eWfhjfoaO5Ifg/0NRHxI0tEBZE6XX2cWP2rHUpVQ+awNo0JeurqRCTz7WQufWKa9H4n5hpLpnLYNOuRxThy3ezZgcfsqWND5NsIdDdrPvEQok8YFr5FaMahGUI4OoMwwKjuLo24YfSqUMiNVFk00yveNvB1qJHKUrRIUfIE4grmD4gjQFIV9n7tT7kdnFb0inPvXxMJSTGFN7Sz+ifNA7DMSVjpBWTuhuY3OK4gBQAkAwIDAQAB"
The string is now longer then 255 bytes. The workaround for this is to split the string in smaller chunks.
In this case you enter the TXT record like this:
selector._domainkey.domain IN TXT "v=DKIM1;k=rsa;" "p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApet+d5U8yvCfBAzcAdS5" "uID/r4Cj4naN1U2fBnxd2aMFLjWn6GHwUvoZuYCYtK23RglWE3meOvD1hxzsHnGm" "xPIyujltbns+wUlzdKms6eWfhjfoaO5Ifg/0NRHxI0tEBZE6XX2cWP2rHUpVQ+aw" "No0JeurqRCTz7WQufWKa9H4n5hpLpnLYNOuRxThy3ezZgcfsqWND5NsIdDdrPvEQ" "ok8YFr5FaMahGUI4OoMwwKjuLo24YfSqUMiNVFk00yveNvB1qJHKUrRIUfIE4grm" "D4gjQFIV9n7tT7kdnFb0inPvXxMJSTGFN7Sz+ifNA7DMSVjpBWTuhuY3OK4gBQAkAwIDAQAB"
Now the strings in the TXT record are short enough and it is up to the calling application to concatenate the strings.
Small Hint: in the 1st example you have a double quote in the beginning of the record and and double quote at the end of the record. In the 2nd example you have multiple parts in double quotes, separated by spaces.
See also ⇒kb.isc.org