Sorry, just reading the SMIMEA stuff for the first time, so apologies for
the basic question, but do I really have to publish a record for each
address? How would I say "this is a trusted intermediate CA for *@gmail.com
"?

2014-12-11 17:00 GMT-08:00 Mark Andrews <[email protected]>:
>
>
> In message <[email protected]>, Viktor
> Dukhovni writ
> es:
> > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:41:30AM +1100, Mark Andrews wrote:
> >
> > > > If we're really going to do this as a direct query to the remote
> > > > domain (and not a DNSSEC lookup), perhaps the right application
> > > > protocol is some sort of minimal SMTP over SSL on a port indicated
> > > > by the SRV record:
> > > >
> > > >     <tcp connect>
> > > >     C/S: <TLS handshake>
> > > >     C: SMIMEA "Frank.Jr."@example.com
> > > >     S: 250-3 1 1 <blob1>
> > > >     S: 250 3 1 2 <blob2>
> > > >     <TCP disconnect>
> > >
> > > But not port 25.  That is blocked too often.
> >
> > Absolutely, this would be an additional service on some other port,
> > indicated via SRV records, and authenticated via DANE TLSA records.
> >
> > The downside of something other than HTTPS or DNS, is that while
> > less likely to be blocked for anti-spam reasons, this is likely to
> > be inaccessible to MUAs inside various firewalled environments.
> >
> > Perhaps a sufficiently light-weight http encapsulation is right
> > after all, and MTA authors might be able to implement just enough
> > HTTPS to still support this as an MTA feature.
> >
> > In Postfix this would be a separate program that runs out of
> > "master.cf", but uses the Postfix table facilities to get the data
> > out of any supported datastore (including LDAP!).
> >
> > This however takes far away from any similarity to the SMIMEA draft
> > as it is today.  Is it really time to throw it all away and start
> > again?
>
> Yes.  It's just a pity it has taken so long for other to realise this.
>
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