brent saner via NANOG <[email protected]> writes:

> On Sat, May 17, 2025, 19:34 William Herrin via NANOG <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Does seem like it might have an impact on SMTP...
>>
>
> SMTPS/SMTP + STARTTLS for MTA <-> MTA does not use id-kp-clientAuth EKU,
> which is what they're deprecating/removing. Certs are used on MTAs for
> *identity verification of the server* and *integrity
> validation/encryption*, not authentication.
>
> It is strictly only used for *authenticating clients*, hence the name, in
> mTLS (or *client*-driven one-way TLS, which I don't think I've ever
> actually seen in the wild to my knowledge).
>
> The only case this would matter is if you are using an MUA/sender/client
> *authenticating* to an MTA with a certificate. 99.999% of email is one-way
> server TLS, not mTLS. LE certs will continue to work fine for SMTP.
>

maybe this answers my questions. I am not sure. 

Is there any clear documenation of what is going on here? 


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