X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/bce15b62182d356f86e7a0bdbb513cbb22de1a20..8ac90765750f87c573300b9e953af3d8090cab8b:/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt index 15df15267..43f14237b 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ An option on the smtp transport, which constructs and prepends to the message an ARC set of headers. The textually-first Authentication-Results: header is used as a basis (you must have added one on entry to the ADMD). Expanded as a whole; if unset, empty or forced-failure then no signing is done. -If it is set, all three elements must be non-empty. +If it is set, all of the first three elements must be non-empty. The fourth element is optional, and if present consists of a comma-separated list of options. The options implemented are @@ -838,12 +838,18 @@ Caveats: * There must be an Authentication-Results header, presumably added by an ACL while receiving the message, for the same ADMD, for arc_sign to succeed. This requires careful coordination between inbound and outbound logic. + + Only one A-R header is taken account of. This is a limitation versus + the ARC spec (which says that all A-R headers from within the ADMD must + be used). + * If passing a message to another system, such as a mailing-list manager (MLM), between receipt and sending, be wary of manipulations to headers made by the MLM. + For instance, Mailman with REMOVE_DKIM_HEADERS==3 might improve deliverability in a pre-ARC world, but that option also renames the Authentication-Results header, which breaks signing. + * Even if you use multiple DKIM keys for different domains, the ARC concept should try to stick to one ADMD, so pick a primary domain and use that for AR headers and outbound signing. @@ -854,6 +860,37 @@ used via the transport in question. + +REQUIRETLS support +------------------ +Ref: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-uta-smtp-require-tls-03 + +If compiled with EXPERIMENTAL_REQUIRETLS support is included for this +feature, where a REQUIRETLS option is added to the MAIL command. +The client may not retry in clear if the MAIL+REQUIRETLS fails (or was never +offered), and the server accepts an obligation that any onward transmission +by SMTP of the messages accepted will also use REQUIRETLS - or generate a +fail DSN. + +The Exim implementation includes +- a main-part option tls_advertise_requiretls; host list, default "*" +- an observability variable $requiretls returning yes/no +- an ACL "control = requiretls" modifier for setting the requirement +- Log lines and Received: headers capitalise the S in the protocol + element: "P=esmtpS" + +Differences from spec: +- we support upgrading the requirement for REQUIRETLS, including adding + it from cold, withing an MTA. The spec only define the sourcing MUA + as being able to source the requirement, and makes no mention of upgrade. +- No support is coded for the RequireTLS header (which can be used + to annul DANE and/or STS policiy). [can this be done in ACL?] + +Note that REQUIRETLS is only advertised once a TLS connection is acheived +(in contrast to STARTTLS). If you want to check the advertising, do something +like "swaks -s 127.0.0.1 -tls -q HELO". + + -------------------------------------------------------------- End of file --------------------------------------------------------------