CAA record

Declares which certificate authorities are allowed to issue certificates for the domain. Authorities are required to check it.

What one looks like

example.com.  3600  IN  CAA  0 issue "letsencrypt.org"

Things worth knowing

  • With no CAA record, any public authority may issue for your domain.
  • Add every authority you actually use, or issuance will start failing.
  • An iodef entry gives authorities somewhere to report violations.

Look up a real CAA record

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