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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2016-04-24 16:53:25 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2016-04-24 16:53:25 +0100
commit4b0fe31936b336d12836875101dcac6599d127ee (patch)
tree2495b59338f71113b5fbf3b4d2659fc3e709710c /doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
parentc035b645ba3549472b9a835b845c2027b16a4cf2 (diff)
DANE: Remove fallback from hosts_try_dane. If TLSA record not retrieved,
do not use this host.
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@@ -884,18 +884,20 @@ with DANE in their OCSP settings.
For client-side DANE there are two new smtp transport options,
-hosts_try_dane and hosts_require_dane. They do the obvious thing.
+hosts_try_dane and hosts_require_dane.
[ should they be domain-based rather than host-based? ]
+Hosts_require_dane will result in failure if the target host
+is not DNSSEC-secured.
+
DANE will only be usable if the target host has DNSSEC-secured
MX, A and TLSA records.
A TLSA lookup will be done if either of the above options match
and the host-lookup succeded using dnssec.
If a TLSA lookup is done and succeeds, a DANE-verified TLS connection
-will be required for the host.
-
-(TODO: specify when fallback happens vs. when the host is not used)
+will be required for the host. If it does not, the host will not
+be used; there is no fallback to non-DANE or non-TLS.
If DANE is requested and useable (see above) the following transport
options are ignored: