On 26 Feb 2014, at 00:54, li...@rhsoft.net wrote:

> Am 26.02.2014 00:46, schrieb DTNX Postmaster:
>> On 26 Feb 2014, at 00:29, li...@rhsoft.net wrote:
>>> Am 25.02.2014 17:41, schrieb Dirk Stöcker:
>>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2014, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
>>>>>> smtp_dns_support_level = dnssec
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> was enough to fix this. I'll see how many servers will have a
>>>>>> "Verified" connection in the future.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope you read the note about the importance of having 127.0.0.1
>>>>> and/or ::1 as the only nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf, and
>>>> 
>>>> No, did not read it, but this was obvious :-)
>>> 
>>> why and how should this work for real networks where
>>> you have two DNS servers for failover in the LAN and
>>> typically no one on the mailserver?
>>> 
>>> if 192.168.196.1 and 192.168.196.2 support DNSSEC it
>>> has to work if both of them in resolv.conf, otherwise
>>> DANE will not happen in the real world
>> 
>> The local resolver can have the resolvers on the LAN configured as 
>> forwarders, but you need the local stub resolver. No reason not to have 
>> one, really, especially on a busy mail server
> 
> yes, you normally have a local resolver on the mailserver
> but you hardly trust that one alone and in case it crashs
> you typically have another one on the LAN
> 
> mailserver's /etc/resolv.conf:
> 127.0.0.1
> 192.168.196.1
> 192.168.192.2

If you cannot trust a local resolver by itself, as the only resolver 
configured at the system level, you have a different problem that has 
nothing to with DANE, or Postfix.

For DANE to work properly and reliable, local only is a requirement.

Mvg,
Joni

Reply via email to