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RFC 8659: DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record

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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 name. CAA Resource Records allow a public CA 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 CAs. This document obsoletes RFC 6844.

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Document ID
RFC8659
Published
November 2019
Authors
P. Hallam-Baker; R. Stradling; J. Hoffman-Andrews
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
17
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Obsoletes:
RFC 6844

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