Re: [ietf-smtp] why are we reinventing mta-sts ?

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Mon, 07 October 2019 18:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] why are we reinventing mta-sts ?
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> On Oct 7, 2019, at 12:28 PM, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
> 
> In article <948b775a-8191-8ab9-af09-28e89f7fc33b@network-heretics.com> you write:
>> Clearly you can't trust the resolver.  But an answer to a DoT query to 
>> an authoritative server seems like it would be sufficient, provided 
>> there's assurance that the server really is authoritative.
> 
> There's no such thing as a DoT query to an authoritative server (or
> DoH for that matter.)  At this point you can only set up DoT by
> private arrangement with your resolver.
> 
> There's been some discussion about how an authoritative server
> might signal that it accepts DoT but it hasn't gotten very far.

Well, maybe this use case will provide an incentive for someone to do the remaining work.

Keith