DANE publishes TLSA records that describe acceptable TLS authentication information for a service.

For SMTP, the records are tied to the MX service endpoint and depend on DNSSEC validation.

DANE’s security model is different from MTA-STS. It uses DNSSEC-protected DNS data rather than an HTTPS-hosted policy.

Operational success therefore depends on correct DNSSEC, TLSA data and certificate/key lifecycle.

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