This how-to is created by the Dutch Internet Standards Platform (the organization behind Internet.nl) in cooperation with industry experts (hosters and vendors) and is meant to provide practical information and guidance on implementing DANE for SMTP.
- DANE is a best-practice technology for securing the transfer of email (SMTP) between organizations across the public Internet.
- Successful DANE deployments require additional operational discipline.
- Automated monitoring of your own email servers and related DNS records is a must.
- Robust automation of coordinated DNS and email server certificate chain updates.
- These topics will be covered in more detail in this how-to.
- Please plan carefully and then deploy DANE for your email servers. Botched deployments not not only harm the domain in question, but also have a deterrent effect on adoption by others.