This feature may be used, for example, to write exim internal log information
(not available otherwise) into a database.
-In order to use the feature, you must set
+In order to use the feature, you must compile with
EXPERIMENTAL_TPDA=yes
in your Local/Makefile
-and define the expandable strings in the runtime config file, to
-be executed at end of delivery.
+and define the tpda_event_action option in the transport, to
+be expanded when the event fires.
-Additionally, there are 6 more variables, available at end of
-delivery:
+A new variable, $tpda_event, is set to the event type when the
+expansion is done. The current list of events is:
-tpda_delivery_ip IP of host, which has accepted delivery
-tpda_delivery_port Port of remote host which has accepted delivery
-tpda_delivery_fqdn FQDN of host, which has accepted delivery
-tpda_delivery_local_part local part of address being delivered
-tpda_delivery_domain domain part of address being delivered
-tpda_delivery_confirmation SMTP confirmation message
+ msg:delivery
+ msg:host:defer
+ tcp:connect
+ tcp:close
+ tls:cert
+ smtp:connect
-In case of a deferral caused by a host-error:
-tpda_defer_errno Error number
-tpda_defer_errstr Error string possibly containing more details
+The expansion is called for all event types, and should use the $tpda_event
+value to decide when to act. The variable data is a colon-separated
+list, describing an event tree.
-The $router_name and $transport_name variables are also usable.
+There is an auxilary variable, $tpda_data, for which the
+content is event_dependent:
+ msg:delivery smtp confirmation mssage
+ msg:host:defer error string
+ tls:cert verification chain depth
+ smtp:connect smtp banner
-To take action after successful deliveries, set the following option
-on any transport of interest.
+The msg:host:defer event populates one extra variable, $tpda_defer_errno.
+
+The following variables are likely to be useful for most event types:
+
+ router_name, transport_name
+ local_part, domain
+ host, host_address, host_port
+ tls_out_peercert
+ lookup_dnssec_authenticated, tls_out_dane
+ sending_ip_address, sending_port
-tpda_delivery_action
An example might look like:
-tpda_delivery_action = \
-${lookup pgsql {SELECT * FROM record_Delivery( \
+tpda_event_action = ${if = {msg:delivery}{$tpda_event} \
+{${lookup pgsql {SELECT * FROM record_Delivery( \
'${quote_pgsql:$sender_address_domain}',\
'${quote_pgsql:${lc:$sender_address_local_part}}', \
- '${quote_pgsql:$tpda_delivery_domain}', \
- '${quote_pgsql:${lc:$tpda_delivery_local_part}}', \
- '${quote_pgsql:$tpda_delivery_ip}', \
- '${quote_pgsql:${lc:$tpda_delivery_fqdn}}', \
- '${quote_pgsql:$message_exim_id}')}}
+ '${quote_pgsql:$domain}', \
+ '${quote_pgsql:${lc:$local_part}}', \
+ '${quote_pgsql:$host_address}', \
+ '${quote_pgsql:${lc:$host}}', \
+ '${quote_pgsql:$message_exim_id}')}} \
+} {}}
The string is expanded after the delivery completes and any
side-effects will happen. The result is then discarded.
Note that for complex operations an ACL expansion can be used.
+During the expansion the tpda_event variable will contain the
+string-list "msg:delivery".
+
-In order to log host deferrals, add the following option to an SMTP
-transport:
+The expansion of the tpda_event_action option should normally
+return an empty string. Should it return anything else the
+following will be forced:
-tpda_host_defer_action
+ msg:delivery (ignored)
+ msg:host:defer (ignored)
+ tcp:connect do not connect
+ tcp:close (ignored)
+ tls:cert refuse verification
+ smtp:connect close connection
-This is a private option of the SMTP transport. It is intended to
-log failures of remote hosts. It is executed only when exim has
-attempted to deliver a message to a remote host and failed due to
-an error which doesn't seem to be related to the individual
-message, sender, or recipient address.
-See section 47.2 of the exim documentation for more details on how
-this is determined.
-Example:
-tpda_host_defer_action = \
-${lookup mysql {insert into delivlog set \
- msgid = '${quote_mysql:$message_exim_id}', \
- senderlp = '${quote_mysql:${lc:$sender_address_local_part}}', \
- senderdom = '${quote_mysql:$sender_address_domain}', \
- delivlp = '${quote_mysql:${lc:$tpda_delivery_local_part}}', \
- delivdom = '${quote_mysql:$tpda_delivery_domain}', \
- delivip = '${quote_mysql:$tpda_delivery_ip}', \
- delivport = '${quote_mysql:$tpda_delivery_port}', \
- delivfqdn = '${quote_mysql:$tpda_delivery_fqdn}', \
- deliverrno = '${quote_mysql:$tpda_defer_errno}', \
- deliverrstr = '${quote_mysql:$tpda_defer_errstr}' \
- }}
Redis Lookup
DANE requires a server operator to do three things:
1) run DNSSEC. This provides assurance to clients
that DNS lookups they do for the server have not
-been tampered with.
+been tampered with. The domain MX record applying
+to this server, its A record, its TLSA record and
+any associated CNAME records must all be covered by
+DNSSEC.
2) add TLSA DNS records. These say what the server
certificate for a TLS connection should be.
3) offer a server certificate, or certificate chain,
all of which point to a single TLSA record.
The TLSA record should have a Selector field of SPKI(1)
-and a Matching Type fiels of SHA2-512(2).
+and a Matching Type field of SHA2-512(2).
+
+At the time of writing, https://www.huque.com/bin/gen_tlsa
+is useful for quickly generating TLSA records; and commands like
+
+ openssl x509 -in -pubkey -noout <certificate.pem \
+ | openssl rsa -outform der -pubin 2>/dev/null \
+ | openssl sha512 \
+ | awk '{print $2}'
+
+are workable for 4th-field hashes.
For use with the DANE_TA model, server certificates
must have a correct name (SubjectName or SubjectAltName).
The use of OCSP-stapling should be considered, allowing
for fast revocation of certificates (which would otherwise
-be limited by the DNS TTL on the TLSA records).
+be limited by the DNS TTL on the TLSA records). However,
+this is likely to only be usable with DANE_TA. NOTE: the
+default of requesting OCSP for all hosts is modified iff
+DANE is in use, to:
+
+ hosts_request_ocsp = ${if or { {= {0}{$tls_out_tlsa_usage}} \
+ {= {4}{$tls_out_tlsa_usage}} } \
+ {*}{}}
+
+The (new) variable $tls_out_tlsa_usage is a bitfield with
+numbered bits set for TLSA record usage codes.
+The zero above means DANE was not in use,
+the four means that only DANE_TA usage TLSA records were
+found. If the definition of hosts_require_ocsp or
+hosts_request_ocsp includes the string "tls_out_tlsa_usage",
+they are re-expanded in time to control the OCSP request.
+
+This modification of hosts_request_ocsp is only done if
+it has the default value of "*".
For client-side DANE there are two new smtp transport options,
tls_verify_certificates
tls_crl
tls_verify_cert_hostnames
- hosts_require_ocsp (might rethink those two)
- hosts_request_ocsp
Currently dnssec_request_domains must be active (need to think about that)
and dnssec_require_domains is ignored.
+If verification was successful using DANE then the "CV" item
+in the delivery log line will show as "CV=dane".
+
+There is a new variable $tls_out_dane which will have "yes" if
+verification succeeded using DANE and "no" otherwise (only useful
+in combination with EXPERIMENTAL_TPDA), and a new variable
+$tls_out_tlsa_usage (detailed above).
+
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