Update on stats 2022-10

Viktor Dukhovni ietf-dane at dukhovni.org
Mon Oct 31 23:56:56 CET 2022


News:     New milestone crossed this month: the number of DNSSEC-signed
          delegations tracked by the DANE survey has crossed 20 million.
          Many thanks to simply.com for signing ~200k .DK domains, of
          which ~100k support DANE SMTP.

Summary:  The DANE domain count is now 3,701,200 (c.f. 3,603,343 last
          month).

          The number of domains that return DNSSEC-validated replies in
          response to MX queries is 20,041,659 (up from 19,588,402 last
          month).  Thus DANE TLSA is deployed on ~18.46% 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 ~3.70 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
  ----------                   ----------
  1224541 one.com              1229109 one.com             
   284142 hostpoint.ch          282877 hostpoint.ch        
   194132 infomaniak.ch         193040 infomaniak.ch       
   186459 mijndomein.nl         185568 mijndomein.nl       
   164902 transip.nl            164423 transip.nl          
   154681 argewebhosting.nl     155782 argewebhosting.nl   
   126469 simply.com            112118 hostnet.nl          
   112645 jouwweb.nl            109897 jouwweb.nl          
   111958 hostnet.nl            108431 domeneshop.no       
   108448 domeneshop.no          96992 loopia.se           
   104708 loopia.se              94049 webhostingserver.nl 
    93613 webhostingserver.nl    78282 forpsi.com          
    78681 forpsi.com             64627 zxcs.nl             
    65510 zxcs.nl                47352 active24.com        
    47461 active24.com           40473 webreus.nl          
    40154 webreus.nl             39617 antagonist.nl       
    39645 antagonist.nl          33978 pcextreme.nl        
    33729 pcextreme.nl           31219 protonmail.ch       
    32031 protonmail.ch          29050 xel.nl              
    29009 xel.nl                 27608 udmedia.de          

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
  -----------               -----------
  10358 TOTAL               10211 TOTAL             
   3116 DE, Germany          3066 DE, Germany       
   1867 NL, Netherlands      1878 NL, Netherlands   
   1811 US, United States    1797 US, United States 
    770 FR, France            755 FR, France        
    376 GB, United Kingdom    369 GB, United Kingdom
    360 CZ, Czechia           351 CZ, Czechia       
    229 FI, Finland           224 FI, Finland       
    221 CA, Canada            215 CA, Canada        
    155 AT, Austria           152 AT, Austria       
    132 CH, Switzerland       130 CH, Switzerland   
    130 DK, Denmark           129 DK, Denmark       
    129 SE, Sweden            126 SG, Singapore     
    128 SG, Singapore         121 SE, Sweden        
    115 AU, Australia         114 AU, Australia     
     63 PL, Poland             58 RU, Russia        
     58 RU, Russia             56 PL, Poland        
     57 JP, Japan              56 JP, Japan         
     47 NO, Norway             45 NO, Norway        
     45 BR, Brazil             40 IE, Ireland       
     41 IE, Ireland            39 BR, Brazil        

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
  ----------               ----------
  8162 TOTAL               8063 TOTAL              
  3584 NL, Netherlands     3580 NL, Netherlands    
  2317 DE, Germany         2280 DE, Germany        
   851 US, United States    825 US, United States  
   358 FR, France           358 FR, France         
   176 CZ, Czechia          177 CZ, Czechia        
   164 GB, United Kingdom   162 GB, United Kingdom 
    77 CA, Canada            73 CA, Canada         
    71 FI, Finland           71 FI, Finland        
    63 CH, Switzerland       65 CH, Switzerland    
    58 AU, Australia         58 AU, Australia      
    50 SE, Sweden            47 AT, Austria        
    47 SG, Singapore         46 SE, Sweden         
    47 AT, Austria           44 SG, Singapore      
    33 JP, Japan             36 JP, Japan          
    26 RU, Russia            21 NO, Norway         
    21 IE, Ireland           21 IE, Ireland        
    20 NO, Norway            20 DK, Denmark        
    19 DK, Denmark           16 BR, Brazil         
    18 BR, Brazil            12 RU, Russia         
    13 LT, Lithuania         12 RO, Romania        

There are 8,763 unique zones (8,574 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 18,205 (same as last
month).  These cover 18,501 distinct MX hosts (18,498 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 753 (this is my ad-hoc criterion for a
domain being a large-enough actively used email domain).  Of these, 421
are in recent (last 90 days of) reports (see [2] below my signature).

Of the ~3.70 million DANE domains, 13,370 (13,693 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 1310
(1,386 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
     65   beta.itcomputers.eu
     40   smtp.jkkn.net
     33   mx2.synetcon.net
     21   mail.mxx.dk
     20   mx1.mdbraber.com
     17   mx1.traxion.com
     15   artemis.strebsjig.net
     14   mx2.traxion.com
     14   mta9.pointner.at

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
  ----------           ----------
  147 online.net [*]   363 worldnic.com   
  124 worldnic.com     123 axc.nl         
  117 axc.nl            74 ebola.cz       
   73 ebola.cz          57 openprovider.nl
   57 openprovider.nl   38 epik.com       
   39 epik.com          32 psi-japan.net  
   32 active24.cz       32 active24.cz    
   28 made-easy.ch      28 made-easy.ch   
   21 renault.fr        21 register.com   
   21 register.com      17 sectigoweb.com 

   [*] Notified and acknowledged.

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                  jpberlin.de                esuals.nl
gmx.at                        lmu.de                     expeditionfestival.nl
aarquiteta.com.br             lrz.de                     ezorg.nl
cetelemnegocie.com.br         mail.de                    fivecityspa.nl
nic.br                        marburger-bund-zeitung.de  hobbygigant.nl
registro.br                   mensa.de                   home.nl
activfitness-news.ch          mpg.de                     hr.nl
cbd420.ch                     posteo.de                  interconnect.nl
englmaier.ch                  ruhr-uni-bochum.de         interim-netwerk.nl
gmx.ch                        schlittermann.de           jayno.nl
hostpoint.ch                  tum.de                     kiesrijk.nl
infomaniak.ch                 tutanota.de                lico.nl
linsenkontakt.ch              uni-augsburg.de            luxiez.nl
msochrono.ch                  uni-erlangen.de            mail-studio.nl
open.ch                       uni-muenchen.de            mailmore.nl
protonmail.ch                 vicinityclo.de             mailon.nl
sms-gagnant.ch                web.de                     mailplus.nl
switch.ch                     westlotto.de               managementboek.nl
simplelogin.co                allbuy.dk                  markteffectmail.nl
402automotive.com             australian-bodycare.dk     mcmta.nl
addymail.com                  barons.dk                  mijndomein.nl
albourne.com                  dfi.dk                     minbzk.nl
anonaddy.com                  dinhstore.dk               mindef.nl
beaconx.com                   dk-hostmaster.dk           mm1.nl
bymalina.com                  exoticmix.dk               mulderretail.nl
colourfulrebel.com            fibianet.dk                nieuwsservice-rvo.nl
connectsb.com                 fvst.dk                    ns.nl
dailyplaylists.com            gastrotools.dk             orangebag.nl
datev.com                     ixstudioscph.dk            otys.nl
elementalraiders.com          kompetenceudvikling.dk     ouderenfonds.nl
fabfilter.com                 konkurspriser.dk           ouderportaal.nl
farmergracy.com               labelking.dk               overheid.nl
fastware-hosting.com          lacabra.dk                 partijvoordedieren.nl
flaneurhomme.com              mobilcovers.dk             paypro.nl
gmx.com                       musclehouse.dk             ploegendienst-festival.nl
groed.com                     netic.dk                   podiumcadeaukaart.nl
habr.com                      nimara.dk                  politie.nl
hoobly.com                    nordd.dk                   pp-prd.nl
hotelsinduitsland.com         nota.dk                    previder.nl
imcnig.com                    oddsprofit.dk              quicknet.nl
infomaniak.com                perfectjeans.dk            rijksoverheid.nl
ingthink.com                  peterhald.dk               rotterdam.nl
jesuis1as.com                 seniornews.dk              rug.nl
johnbeerens.com               shapeit.dk                 rvo.nl
joomlapolis.com               shellcard.dk               sans-mail.nl
jula.com                      smoon.dk                   schoudercom.nl
kabayarefashion.com           stil.dk                    schuurman-schoenen.nl
kantarresearch.com            stori.dk                   smartwatchbanden.nl
klbrlive.com                  teeshoppen.dk              sportrusten.nl
leszexpertsfle.com            thesneakerstore.dk         ssonet.nl
librti.com                    tricommerce.dk             stater.nl
liefleven.com                 trueliving.dk              surfspot.nl
mactabeauty.com               uvm.dk                     telefoonglaasje.nl
mail.com                      wavell.dk                  thealphamen.nl
matilhadobemadestramento.com  yummihaircare.dk           transip.nl
mplbeauty.com                 tilburguniversity.edu      travelclown.nl
nanolearning.com              holtmail.ee                triodos.nl
nine-pine.com                 myownconference.email      upcmail.nl
one.com                       spike.email                uvt.nl
orsys.com                     spotler.email              uwv.nl
orverkiezing.com              talentech.email            valtifest.nl
pieter-pot.com                nuudcare.es                vimexx.nl
pompomlondon.com              triodos.es                 voorpositiviteit.nl
ppcpcv.com                    egu.eu                     wannahavesfashion.nl
protonmail.com                litebit.eu                 watchbandjes-shop.nl
protonvpn.com                 qard.eu                    waternet.nl
run-motion.com                skhosting.eu               xel.nl
runbox.com                    tbibank.eu                 ziggo.nl
sankakucomplex.com            zone.eu                    zorgmail.nl
scorecloud.com                zonevs.eu                  annabellstefanussen.no
serverclienti.com             handelsbanken.fi           audi.no
solvinity.com                 metaburn.fi                domeneshop.no
stasdock.com                  tarjousrinki.fi            guttelus.no
stater.com                    traficom.fi                handelsbanken.no
stellarequipment.com          ac-strasbourg.fr           hyttefeber.no
t-2.com                       compagnie-des-sens.fr      idrettenonline.no
thalesgroup.com               edtm-actu.fr               mystuff.no
thepcw.com                    nuudcare.fr                naprapatlandslaget.no
thepcwholesale.com            oo2.fr                     nordicprint.no
triodos.com                   privea.fr                  norskgrammatikk.no
truewaykids.com               nsa.gov                    rushtrampoline.no
tutanota.com                  fidesz.hu                  spillfabrikken.no
up2staff.com                  mszp.hu                    uib.no
veganallsorts.com             pandi.id                   atelkamera.nu
veka.com                      bluebiz.info               goget.nu
vendiblelabs.com              netabuse.info              lenhud.nu
vivaldi.com                   eurocontrol.int            aegee.org
webcruiter.com                neolink.link               debian.org
webmailph.com                 anonaddy.me                exim.org
xfinity.com                   pm.me                      freebsd.org
xfinityhomesecurity.com       proton.me                  gentoo.org
xfinitymobile.com             army.mil                   ietf.org
bncr.fi.cr                    dla.mil                    isc.org
airbank.cz                    health.mil                 mailbox.org
akce-incomputer.cz            jten.mil                   mailop.org
amenit.cz                     mail.mil                   netbsd.org
bewooden.cz                   militaryonesource.mil      openssl.org
csob.cz                       navy.mil                   ozlabs.org
cuni.cz                       nga.mil                    samba.org
dedra.cz                      osd.mil                    torproject.org
e-kondomy.cz                  socom.mil                  kemono.party
fio.cz                        uscg.mil                   biotechnologia.com.pl
itesco.cz                     usmc.mil                   mobily.com.sa
kb.cz                         apnic.net                  bilprovningen.se
klenotyaurum.cz               comcast.net                damernasmagasin.se
klubpevnehozdravi.cz          ewetel.net                 ecster.se
ksporting.cz                  fivem.net                  geflemetalfestival.se
manymail.cz                   gmx.net                    handelsbanken.se
mfcr.cz                       habramail.net              lnu.se
mkluzkoviny.cz                hr-manager.net             loopia.se
mojedatovaschranka.cz         mijngezondheid.net         merchsweden.se
muni.cz                       mpssec.net                 minmyndighetspost.se
nic.cz                        procurios.net              nordicprint.se
optimail.cz                   ripe.net                   parksnackan.se
outlet-alpine.cz              riseup.net                 polisen.se
poptavej.cz                   s-qrc.net                  silverdotter.se
predplatit.cz                 t-2.net                    skatteverket.se
scrptd.cz                     transip.net                teknikdelar.se
server4u.cz                   123watches.nl              theletter.se
smtp.cz                       amsterdam.nl               websupport.se
stoklasa.cz                   aquastorexl.nl             centrum.sk
tiscali.cz                    argeweb.nl                 dovypredania.sk
vas-server.cz                 belastingdienst.nl         e-slovak.sk
vcelka.cz                     beterspellen.nl            fio.sk
virusfree.cz                  bibliotheekdenhaag.nl      kadernickyservis.sk
volny.cz                      blushfashionstore.nl       mklozkoviny.sk
zdravestravovani.cz           boekwinkeltjes.nl          naau.sk
123watches.de                 boozyshop.nl               pneusvet.sk
bayern.de                     bratsites-grs.nl           pobox.sk
brandenburg.de                bruut.nl                   rondogo.sk
bund.de                       burgernet.nl               satro.sk
bundesregierung.de            casema.nl                  teacher.sk
datev.de                      cbr.nl                     zapardrobnych.sk
dfn.de                        chello.nl                  simpcity.su
elster.de                     denhaag.nl                 adelina.com.ua
ewetel.de                     derooijfotografie.nl       triodos.co.uk
fau.de                        dictu.nl                   govtrack.us
freenet.de                    digid.nl                   nuudcare.us
gmx.de                        dimehouse.nl               quantum-services.us
hi7.de                        duo.nl                     ru.ac.za
huellen-shop.de


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