Update on stats 2022-11

Viktor Dukhovni ietf-dane at dukhovni.org
Thu Dec 1 05:10:24 CET 2022


Summary:  The DANE domain count is now 3,720,888 (c.f. 3,701,200 last
          month).

          The number of domains that return DNSSEC-validated replies in
          response to MX queries is 20,310,165 (up from 20,041,659 last
          month).  Thus DANE TLSA is deployed on ~18.32% of domains with
          DNSSEC.  For more stats, see <https://stats.dnssec-tools.org/>.
          [ See the Credits[0] list below my signature. ]

As of today I count ~3.72 million domains with correct SMTP DANE TLSA records
at every primary MX host that accepts connections[1].  As expected, the bulk of
the DANE domains are hosted by the DNS/email hosting providers who've enabled
DANE support for the customer domains they host.  The top 20 MX host providers
by domain count are below.

  This month                   Last Month
  ----------                   ----------
  1214759 one.com              1224541 one.com              
   285701 hostpoint.ch          284142 hostpoint.ch         
   194398 infomaniak.ch         194132 infomaniak.ch        
   185672 mijndomein.nl         186459 mijndomein.nl        
   165714 transip.nl            164902 transip.nl           
   155508 argewebhosting.nl     154681 argewebhosting.nl    
   124416 simply.com            126469 simply.com           
   114928 jouwweb.nl            112645 jouwweb.nl           
   112051 hostnet.nl            111958 hostnet.nl           
   108214 domeneshop.no         108448 domeneshop.no        
   105216 loopia.se             104708 loopia.se            
    95288 webhostingserver.nl    93613 webhostingserver.nl  
    78911 forpsi.com             78681 forpsi.com           
    66428 zxcs.nl                65510 zxcs.nl              
    47492 active24.com           47461 active24.com         
    39822 webreus.nl             40154 webreus.nl           
    39658 antagonist.nl          39645 antagonist.nl        
    33391 pcextreme.nl           33729 pcextreme.nl         
    33350 protonmail.ch          32031 protonmail.ch        
    29153 xel.nl                 29009 xel.nl               

The real numbers are surely larger, because I don't have access to the
full zone data for most ccTLDs, especially .br, .cz, .fr, .eu, .no, .be,
.pl, .de and .uk.  Speaking of countries, the IPv4 GeoIP distribution of
DANE-enabled MX hosts shows the below top 20 countries (each unique IP
address is counted, so multi-homed MX hosts are perhaps somewhat
over-represented).

  This month                Last month
  -----------               -----------
  10447 TOTAL               10358 TOTAL              
   3145 DE, Germany          3116 DE, Germany        
   1900 NL, Netherlands      1867 NL, Netherlands    
   1791 US, United States    1811 US, United States  
    779 FR, France            770 FR, France         
    372 GB, United Kingdom    376 GB, United Kingdom 
    369 CZ, Czechia           360 CZ, Czechia        
    233 FI, Finland           229 FI, Finland        
    229 CA, Canada            221 CA, Canada         
    153 AT, Austria           155 AT, Austria        
    131 SE, Sweden            132 CH, Switzerland    
    131 DK, Denmark           130 DK, Denmark        
    128 CH, Switzerland       129 SE, Sweden         
    127 SG, Singapore         128 SG, Singapore      
    123 AU, Australia         115 AU, Australia      
     68 PL, Poland             63 PL, Poland         
     57 RU, Russia             58 RU, Russia         
     57 JP, Japan              57 JP, Japan          
     46 NO, Norway             47 NO, Norway         
     41 IE, Ireland            45 BR, Brazil         
     41 BR, Brazil             41 IE, Ireland        

IPv6 is less common than IPv4 for MX hosts, and the top 20 countries by
DANE MX host IPv6 GeoIP are:

  This month               Last month
  ----------               ----------
  8246 TOTAL               8162 TOTAL               
  3650 NL, Netherlands     3584 NL, Netherlands     
  2334 DE, Germany         2317 DE, Germany         
   837 US, United States    851 US, United States   
   359 FR, France           358 FR, France          
   172 GB, United Kingdom   176 CZ, Czechia         
   166 CZ, Czechia          164 GB, United Kingdom  
    81 CA, Canada            77 CA, Canada          
    75 FI, Finland           71 FI, Finland         
    66 AU, Australia         63 CH, Switzerland     
    62 CH, Switzerland       58 AU, Australia       
    56 SE, Sweden            50 SE, Sweden          
    45 SG, Singapore         47 SG, Singapore       
    40 AT, Austria           47 AT, Austria         
    34 JP, Japan             33 JP, Japan           
    21 IE, Ireland           26 RU, Russia          
    21 DK, Denmark           21 IE, Ireland         
    20 RU, Russia            20 NO, Norway          
    20 NO, Norway            19 DK, Denmark         
    19 BR, Brazil            18 BR, Brazil          
    16 LT, Lithuania         13 LT, Lithuania       

There are 8,914 unique zones (8,763 last month) in which the underlying
MX hosts are found.  This counts each of the above providers as just one
zone, so is a measure of the breadth of adoption in terms of
organizations deploying DANE SMTP.

The number of published MX host TLSA RRsets found is 18,619 (18,205 last
month).  These cover 18,915 distinct MX hosts (18,501 last month, some
MX hosts share the same TLSA records through CNAMEs).

The number of DANE domains that at some point were listed in Gmail's
email transparency report is 793 (this is my ad-hoc criterion for a
domain being a large-enough actively used email domain).  Of these, 478
are in recent (last 90 days of) reports (see [2] below my signature).

Of the ~3.72 million DANE domains, 13,265 (13,370 last month) have "partial"
TLSA records, that cover only a subset of the (secondary) MX hosts.  While this
protects traffic to some of the MX hosts, such domains are still vulnerable to
the usual active attacks via the remaining MX hosts.

The number of domains with incorrect TLSA records or failure to offer
STARTTLS (even though TLSA records are published) stands today at 1,507
(1,310 last month).  Some of these have additional MX hosts that don't
have broken TLSA records, so mail can still arrive via the remaining MX
hosts.  The affected domain counts for the top 10 problem MX hosts are:

    104   mail.blueconsulting.cz
     66   beta.itcomputers.eu
     34   mx1.mdbraber.com
     33   mx[12].synetcon.net
     18   semark.dk
     17   mx[12].traxion.com
     15   artemis.strebsjig.net
     14   mta9.pointner.at
     13   postagrosu.grosu.ro
     10   mail.ontharen-rotterdam.nl

To avoid email outages, please make sure to monitor the validity of your
own TLSA records, and implement a reliable key rotation procedure.  See:

    https://dane.sys4.de/common_mistakes
    https://github.com/internetstandards/toolbox-wiki/blob/master/DANE-for-SMTP-how-to.md
    https://mail.sys4.de/pipermail/dane-users/2018-February/000440.html
    https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/please-avoid-3-0-1-and-3-0-2-dane-tlsa-records-with-le-certificates/7022/17
    https://mail.sys4.de/pipermail/dane-users/2017-August/000417.html
    https://github.com/baknu/DANE-for-SMTP/wiki/2.-Implementation-resources

    https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7671#section-8.1
    https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7671#section-8.4

After eliminating parked domains that do not accept email, the number of
"real" email domains with bad DNSSEC support stands at 1,076 (2,068 last
month).  The top 10 name server operators with problem domains are:

  This Month           Last month
  ----------           ----------
  115 worldnic.com     147 online.net
  114 axc.nl           124 worldnic.com     
   81 epik.com         117 axc.nl           
   73 ebola.cz          73 ebola.cz         
   64 openprovider.nl   57 openprovider.nl  
   32 active24.cz       39 epik.com         
   29 made-easy.ch      32 active24.cz      
   18 sectigoweb.com    28 made-easy.ch     
   15 netcup.net        21 renault.fr       
   12 ispapi.net        21 register.com     

If anyone has good contacts at some of these providers, please encourage
them to remediate not only the broken domains (I can send them a list),
but also the root cause that makes the breakage possible.

Just one of the domains all whose nameservers have broken denial of existence
appears in the last 120 days of Google transparency reports:

  mailazy.net

--
      Viktor.

[0] Credits: The coverage of DNSSEC domains continues to improve with
ongoing data support from Paul Vixie of Farsight Security.  Credits also
due to ICANN for gTLD data via CZDS, and to the TLD registries for .CH,
.COM, .DK, .FI, .FR, .INFO, .IS, .LI, .NL, .NU, .ORG and .SE.  More data
sources of ccTLD signed delegations welcome.

[1] Some domains deliberately include MX hosts that are always down,
presumably as a hurdle to botnet SMTP code that gives up where real MTAs
might persist.  I am not a fan of this type of defence (it can also
impose undue latency on legitimate email).  However, provided the dead
hosts still have TLSA records, (which don't need to match anything, just
need to exist and be well-formed) there's no loss of security.

[2] DANE domains appearing in last 90 days of Google Email transparency
reports:

univie.ac.at                  mail.de                    haargroeispecialist.nl
gmx.at                        mailstoyou.de              hobbygigant.nl
vbv.at                        marburger-bund-zeitung.de  home.nl
boozyshop.be                  mensa.de                   hostnet.nl
aarquiteta.com.br             mpg.de                     hr.nl
cetelemnegocie.com.br         posteo.de                  interconnect.nl
e-negociacao.com.br           ruhr-uni-bochum.de         interim-netwerk.nl
defesa.gov.br                 schlittermann.de           jayno.nl
nic.br                        smartwatcharmbaender.de    josephinajewelry.nl
registro.br                   tum.de                     kralingsebosfestival.nl
activfitness-news.ch          tutanota.de                lico.nl
cbd420.ch                     uni-augsburg.de            luxiez.nl
docks.ch                      uni-bielefeld.de           mail-studio.nl
empiriconmails.ch             uni-erlangen.de            mailmore.nl
gmx.ch                        uni-muenchen.de            mailon.nl
hostpoint.ch                  vicinityclo.de             mailplus.nl
infomaniak.ch                 web.de                     managementboek.nl
linsenkontakt.ch              westlotto.de               markteffectmail.nl
msochrono.ch                  allbuy.dk                  mcmta.nl
open.ch                       australian-bodycare.dk     mijndomein.nl
protonmail.ch                 avabeauty.dk               minbzk.nl
sherlockhomes.ch              barons.dk                  mindef.nl
sms-gagnant.ch                danielspengetips.dk        mm1.nl
switch.ch                     dfi.dk                     mulderretail.nl
ravenation.club               dinhstore.dk               nieuwsservice-rvo.nl
santeglobale.club             dinvintageshop.dk          ns.nl
bionoble.co                   dk-hostmaster.dk           nuudcare.nl
simplelogin.co                exoticmix.dk               ongehoordnederland.nl
3dsmx.com                     fibianet.dk                orangebag.nl
402automotive.com             gastrotools.dk             otys.nl
addymail.com                  ixstudioscph.dk            ouderenfonds.nl
albourne.com                  kodbilen.dk                ouderportaal.nl
also.com                      konkurspriser.dk           overheid.nl
anonaddy.com                  labelking.dk               oxilionhosted.nl
beaconx.com                   lacabra.dk                 parlement.nl
bymalina.com                  mobilcovers.dk             partijvoordedieren.nl
cm.com                        musclehouse.dk             partnermail.nl
colourfulrebel.com            netic.dk                   paypro.nl
connectsb.com                 nimara.dk                  petsonline.nl
dailyplaylists.com            nordd.dk                   ploegendienst-festival.nl
datev.com                     nota.dk                    podiumcadeaukaart.nl
fabfilter.com                 opdagverden.dk             politie.nl
farmergracy.com               perfectjeans.dk            pp-prd.nl
fastware-hosting.com          peterhald.dk               previder.nl
flaneurhomme.com              sengefabrikken.dk          quicknet.nl
gmx.com                       seniornews.dk              rdw.nl
goodforme.com                 shapeit.dk                 rijksoverheid.nl
groed.com                     shellcard.dk               rivm.nl
habr.com                      smoon.dk                   rug.nl
imcnig.com                    stil.dk                    rvo.nl
infomaniak.com                stori.dk                   sans-mail.nl
ingthink.com                  teeshoppen.dk              schoudercom.nl
jesuis1as.com                 themeatclub.dk             schuurman-schoenen.nl
johnbeerens.com               thesneakerstore.dk         smartwatchbanden.nl
jula.com                      tricommerce.dk             sportrusten.nl
kabayarefashion.com           trueliving.dk              ssonet.nl
kantarresearch.com            uvm.dk                     stater.nl
klbrlive.com                  wavell.dk                  surfspot.nl
leszexpertsfle.com            yummihaircare.dk           telefoonglaasje.nl
librti.com                    tilburguniversity.edu      teso.nl
liefleven.com                 estet.ee                   thealphamen.nl
mactabeauty.com               holtmail.ee                transip.nl
mail.com                      turunduslabor.ee           travelclown.nl
matilhadobemadestramento.com  myownconference.email      triodos.nl
migadu.com                    spam-filter.email          tudelft.nl
mplbeauty.com                 spike.email                tweedekamer.nl
nanolearning.com              spotler.email              twinq.nl
nine-pine.com                 talentech.email            uitgeverijpica.nl
one.com                       nuudcare.es                upcmail.nl
orsys.com                     triodos.es                 uvt.nl
orverkiezing.com              egu.eu                     uwv.nl
pieter-pot.com                finesoftware.eu            valtifest.nl
pompomlondon.com              litebit.eu                 valys.nl
ppcpcv.com                    qard.eu                    vimexx.nl
protonmail.com                skhosting.eu               voorpositiviteit.nl
protonvpn.com                 tbibank.eu                 wannahavesfashion.nl
renworkshops.com              zone.eu                    watchbandjes-shop.nl
run-motion.com                zonevs.eu                  waternet.nl
runbox.com                    fsol.fi                    xel.nl
sankakucomplex.com            handelsbanken.fi           ziggo.nl
scorecloud.com                tarjousrinki.fi            zorgmail.nl
serverclienti.com             traficom.fi                annabellstefanussen.no
solvinity.com                 ac-strasbourg.fr           audi.no
stasdock.com                  compagnie-des-sens.fr      domeneshop.no
stater.com                    edtm-actu.fr               guttelus.no
stellarequipment.com          mastouille.fr              handelsbanken.no
t-2.com                       nuudcare.fr                hyttefeber.no
thalesgroup.com               oo2.fr                     idrettenonline.no
thepcw.com                    privea.fr                  infinityshop.no
thepcwholesale.com            nsa.gov                    malestudio.no
triodos.com                   tid.gov.hk                 mystuff.no
truewaykids.com               fidesz.hu                  nordicprint.no
tutanota.com                  mszp.hu                    norskgrammatikk.no
up2staff.com                  bluebiz.info               rushtrampoline.no
veganallsorts.com             netabuse.info              spillfabrikken.no
veka.com                      eurocontrol.int            uib.no
vendiblelabs.com              neolink.link               atelkamera.nu
vivaldi.com                   anonaddy.me                goget.nu
webcruiter.com                pm.me                      lenhud.nu
webmailph.com                 proton.me                  aegee.org
xfinity.com                   army.mil                   debian.org
xfinityhomesecurity.com       dla.mil                    exim.org
xfinitymobile.com             health.mil                 freebsd.org
bncr.fi.cr                    jten.mil                   gentoo.org
airbank.cz                    mail.mil                   ietf.org
akce-incomputer.cz            navy.mil                   irtf.org
bewooden.cz                   osd.mil                    isc.org
centrum.cz                    socom.mil                  mailbox.org
csob.cz                       uscg.mil                   mailop.org
cuni.cz                       usmc.mil                   netbsd.org
dedra.cz                      apnic.net                  openssl.org
e-kondomy.cz                  comcast.net                ozlabs.org
fio.cz                        ewetel.net                 p8x.org
itesco.cz                     fivem.net                  samba.org
kb.cz                         gmx.net                    torproject.org
klenotyaurum.cz               habramail.net              kemono.party
klubpevnehozdravi.cz          hr-manager.net             biotechnologia.com.pl
ksporting.cz                  jonaharagon.net            mobily.com.sa
manymail.cz                   mijngezondheid.net         atlasrock.se
maxmax.cz                     mpssec.net                 bilprovningen.se
mfcr.cz                       procurios.net              damernasmagasin.se
mkluzkoviny.cz                ripe.net                   ecster.se
mojedatovaschranka.cz         riseup.net                 geflemetalfestival.se
muni.cz                       s-qrc.net                  handelsbanken.se
nic.cz                        t-2.net                    hellomantle.se
o2.cz                         123watches.nl              innebandy24.se
optimail.cz                   africanfabs.nl             lansstyrelsen.se
outlet-alpine.cz              amsterdam.nl               lnu.se
poptavej.cz                   aquastorexl.nl             lomervarde.se
pre.cz                        argeweb.nl                 loopia.se
predplatit.cz                 belastingdienst.nl         merchsweden.se
scrptd.cz                     beterinbeleggen.nl         minmyndighetspost.se
server4u.cz                   beterspellen.nl            nordicprint.se
shopex.cz                     bhosted.nl                 parksnackan.se
smtp.cz                       bhsupport.nl               polisen.se
stoklasa.cz                   bibliotheekdenhaag.nl      silverdotter.se
tiscali.cz                    blushfashionstore.nl       skatteverket.se
trilimi.cz                    bobo.nl                    skolverket.se
vas-server.cz                 body-supplies.nl           sunet.se
vcelka.cz                     boekwinkeltjes.nl          teknikdelar.se
virusfree.cz                  bolerolimonadewinkel.nl    theletter.se
web4u.cz                      boozyshop.nl               websupport.se
zdravestravovani.cz           bratsites-grs.nl           centrum.sk
123watches.de                 bruut.nl                   fio.sk
bayern.de                     burgernet.nl               kadernickyservis.sk
brandenburg.de                casema.nl                  mklozkoviny.sk
bund.de                       cbr.nl                     pneusvet.sk
bundesregierung.de            chello.nl                  pobox.sk
datev.de                      clubplanner.nl             rondogo.sk
dfn.de                        denhaag.nl                 satro.sk
elster.de                     derooijfotografie.nl       zapardrobnych.sk
ewetel.de                     desan.nl                   mstdn.social
fau.de                        dictu.nl                   simpcity.su
freenet.de                    digid.nl                   nuudcare.co.uk
gmx.de                        dimehouse.nl               triodos.co.uk
hi7.de                        duo.nl                     govtrack.us
huellen-shop.de               esuals.nl                  nuudcare.us
jpberlin.de                   expeditionfestival.nl      quantum-services.us
lmu.de                        ezorg.nl                   ru.ac.za
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