>>>>> "VD" == Viktor Dukhovni <[email protected]> writes:

VD> On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 09:17:20AM -0400, James Cloos wrote:
>> The idea of using the existence of an unsecured tlsa rr as a hint that
>> tls must be used was, IIRC, discussed in the early days of this wg.

VD> This is largely impractical for SMTP.  SMTP TLSA RRs are of course
VD> tied to MX hosts (transport destinations), not email domains.  An
VD> MITM can bypass any such cached RRs by sending malicious MX replies.

I was noting history above, not advocating.

I also wrote the the wg consensus was against using unsecured TLSA (or
other new RRs) for anything.

I always preferred dnssec-for-everything-dane.

-JimC
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James Cloos <[email protected]>         OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6
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