@misc{rfc7672, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 7672, howpublished = {RFC 7672}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC7672}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7672}, author = {Viktor Dukhovni and Wes Hardaker}, title = {{SMTP Security via Opportunistic DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS)}}, pagetotal = 34, year = 2015, month = oct, abstract = {This memo describes a downgrade-resistant protocol for SMTP transport security between Message Transfer Agents (MTAs), based on the DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) TLSA DNS record. Adoption of this protocol enables an incremental transition of the Internet email backbone to one using encrypted and authenticated Transport Layer Security (TLS).}, }