Re: [lamps] Next steps on CAA

Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com> Sat, 07 October 2017 02:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [lamps] Next steps on CAA
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On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 6:25 PM, John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

> mydom.example.  CAA issue "nope"   ; no web server here
>>> www.mydom.example. CNAME somehost.example. ; web server here
>>>
>>> Where does the CAA go?
>>>
>> Three options:
>>
>>  - Remove the record on mydom.example
>>
>
> I don't want a web server at all that name.  No dice.
>
>  - Adjust the record for mydom.example to allow issuance by preferred CAs
>>
>
> I still don't want a web server at that name.  No dice.
>
>  - Ask the maintainer of somehost.example to install an appropriate CAA
>> record
>>
>
> If you'll review the message two or three back at in this thread, you'll
> note that there are cases where somehost.example has 400,000 names CNAMEd
> to it.  No dice.
>
> Waving this problem away is not helpful.
>


​Hence the proposal for

_prefix.​www.mydom.example CAA ...