[Errata Held for Document Update] RFC6844 (5065)
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The following errata report has been held for document update for RFC6844, "DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record". -------------------------------------- You may review the report below and at: http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5065 -------------------------------------- Status: Held for Document Update Type: Technical Reported by: Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> Date Reported: 2017-07-10 Held by: EKR (IESG) Section: 4 Original Text ------------- Let CAA(X) be the record set returned in response to performing a CAA record query on the label X, P(X) be the DNS label immediately above X in the DNS hierarchy, and A(X) be the target of a CNAME or DNAME alias record specified at the label X. o If CAA(X) is not empty, R(X) = CAA (X), otherwise o If A(X) is not null, and R(A(X)) is not empty, then R(X) = R(A(X)), otherwise o If X is not a top-level domain, then R(X) = R(P(X)), otherwise o R(X) is empty. Corrected Text -------------- Let CAA(X) be the record set returned in response to performing a CAA record query on the label X, P(X) be the DNS label immediately above X in the DNS hierarchy, and A(X) be the target of a CNAME or DNAME alias record chain specified at the label X. o If CAA(X) is not empty, R(X) = CAA (X), otherwise o If A(X) is not null, and CAA(A(X)) is not empty, then R(X) = CAA(A(X)), otherwise o If X is not a top-level domain, then R(X) = R(P(X)), otherwise o R(X) is empty. Thus, when a search at node X returns a CNAME record, the CA will follow the CNAME record chain to its target. If the target label contains a CAA record, it is returned. ?O?therwise, the CA continues the search at the parent of node X. Note that the search does not include the parent of a target of a CNAME record (except when the CNAME points back to its own path). To prevent resource exhaustion attacks, CAs SHOULD limit the length of CNAME chains that are accepted. However CAs MUST process CNAME chains that contain 8 or fewer CNAME records. Notes ----- This is the updated errata to replace the ones previously deleted. It has been reviewed by all the parties concerned. Since this is a breaking change, this will have to go to hold for document update. The LAMPS working group is currently considering a more radical re-working of the CAA discovery scheme as a work item for its new charter. I will be in Prague to discuss... -------------------------------------- RFC6844 (draft-ietf-pkix-caa-15) -------------------------------------- Title : DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Resource Record Publication Date : January 2013 Author(s) : P. Hallam-Baker, R. Stradling Category : PROPOSED STANDARD Source : Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) Area : Security Stream : IETF Verifying Party : IESG _______________________________________________ pkix mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/pkix