thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
DNSSEC/DANE support
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Description
DNSSEC/DANE are two dns-based technologies for securing the hostname lookup (DNSSEC) and the TLS connection to the server (DANE, using a TLSA record).
Currently mail providers are one of the few large "websites" in the internet, which deploy this. (in Germany it is e.g. supported by Web.de, GMX, Posteo, Mailbox.org, …)
It would be awesome if K9 mail would support them, although I admit it may be difficult as K9 mail of course needs access to the DNS data here.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing how hostname lookup and TLS connections are handled, then determine how DNSSEC and DANE data could be accessed and validated. Done means supported mail servers can use both technologies without weakening existing connection security.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- networking, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100