DNS Certification Authority Authorization
DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) is an Internet security policy mechanism that allows domain name holders to indicate to certificate authorities whether they are authorized to issue digital certificates for a particular domain name. It does this by means of a "CAA" Domain Name System (DNS) resource record.
| Abbreviation | CAA |
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| Status | Proposed Standard |
| First published | October 18, 2010 |
| Latest version | RFC 8659 November 2019 |
| Organization | IETF |
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It was drafted by computer scientists Phillip Hallam-Baker and Rob Stradling in response to increasing concerns about the security of publicly trusted certificate authorities. It is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposed standard.
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