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authorPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2018-03-28 23:01:34 -0400
committerPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2018-03-28 23:01:34 -0400
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tree38a56ce742efe73fb6acd4995965bacc58d2188f /doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
parent405074adb94eb8402e9ffd0abe7da4f7c8c827bc (diff)
Implement dane_require_tls_ciphers (theoretically)
It compiles with OpenSSL, on Darwin (if restore Darwin OS). It doesn't crash immediately, but more testing is needed from a place where port 25 is not just blocked.
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@@ -23941,6 +23941,24 @@ For testing purposes, this value can be overridden by the &%-oB%& command line
option.
+.new
+.option dane_require_tls_ciphers smtp string&!! unset
+.cindex "TLS" "requiring specific ciphers for DANE"
+.cindex "cipher" "requiring specific"
+.cindex DANE "TLS ciphers"
+This option may be used to override &%tls_require_ciphers%& for connections
+where DANE has been determined to be in effect.
+If not set, then &%tls_require_ciphers%& will be used.
+Normal SMTP delivery is not able to make strong demands of TLS cipher
+configuration, because delivery will fall back to plaintext. Once DANE has
+been determined to be in effect, there is no plaintext fallback and making the
+TLS cipherlist configuration stronger will increase security, rather than
+counter-intuitively decreasing it.
+If the option expands to be empty or is forced to fail, then it will
+be treated as unset and &%tls_require_ciphers%& will be used instead.
+.wen
+
+
.option data_timeout smtp time 5m
This sets a timeout for the transmission of each block in the data portion of
the message. As a result, the overall timeout for a message depends on the size