Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 09:36:12AM +0100, Michael Str?der wrote:
> 
>> li...@rhsoft.net wrote:
>>> until now nobody was able to tell me any benefit of multiple server names 
>>> for
>>> a mailserver instead 1 hostname, 1 certificate and 1 PTR matching the 
>>> A-record
>>> and HELO name with 100, 200, 300, 500 MX records in different domains 
>>> pointing
>>> there
>>
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-melnikov-email-tls-certs
> 
> That draft is about MUA to MTA SMTP (email "applications": MUAs, POP,
> IMAP, SMTP submission, ...).

I've referenced draft-melnikov-email-tls-certs because MUA-to-MTA was the
topic of this thread.

> It is not a good fit for MTA to MTA SMTP security.

A variant for MTA-MTA communication also exists.

> For the latter see the DANE draft.

Of course you personally prefer DANE. That's understable given all the high
quality work you put into the I-Ds and implementation.

But everybody should have a choice in their own deployments.
Your mileage may vary...

Ciao, Michael.


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