DNS Certification Authority Authorization
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dns-certification-authority-authorization-170-508777
title:
DNS Certification Authority Authorization
text:
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. 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. I
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Internet security policy mechanism
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_Certification_Authority_Authorization
date created:
2015-03-30T18:30:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T18:48:52Z
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