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RFC6844 — DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record

provenance: imported · standards: RFC6844

RFC6844: DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record

⚠️ Obsoleted. This RFC has been superseded by RFC8659. Read the successor before relying on this document.

IETF Request for Comments

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Publication status PROPOSED STANDARD
Published January 2013
Stream IETF
Obsoletes
Obsoleted by RFC8659
Updated by

Abstract

The Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) DNS Resource Record allows a DNS domain name holder to specify one or more Certification Authorities (CAs) authorized to issue certificates for that domain. CAA Resource Records allow a public Certification Authority to implement additional controls to reduce the risk of unintended certificate mis-issue. This document defines the syntax of the CAA record and rules for processing CAA records by certificate issuers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Official sources

  • Info page: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6844
  • Full text: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6844.txt
  • HTML: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6844.html

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Related

rfc/RFC8659