Update on stats 2023-04

Viktor Dukhovni ietf-dane at dukhovni.org
Mon May 1 00:07:53 CEST 2023


Summary:  The DANE domain count is now 3,764,298 (c.f. 3,757,347 last
          month).

          The number of domains that return DNSSEC-validated replies in
          response to MX queries is 21,920,074 (up from 21,668,375 last
          month).  Thus DANE TLSA is deployed on ~17.17% 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 ~3.76 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
  ----------                   ----------
  1214014 one.com              1216468 one.com             
   293253 hostpoint.ch          291651 hostpoint.ch        
   199295 infomaniak.ch         198402 infomaniak.ch       
   170621 mijndomein.nl         171386 mijndomein.nl       
   169316 transip.nl            168662 transip.nl          
   149043 argewebhosting.nl     150632 argewebhosting.nl   
   136880 simply.com            132031 simply.com          
   135485 jouwweb.nl            131058 jouwweb.nl          
   111153 hostnet.nl            111481 hostnet.nl          
   109739 domeneshop.no         109384 domeneshop.no       
   105386 loopia.se             105514 loopia.se           
    92908 webhostingserver.nl    93365 webhostingserver.nl 
    82361 forpsi.com             81969 forpsi.com          
    71933 zxcs.nl                70541 zxcs.nl             
    41575 active24.com           42507 active24.com        
    40197 antagonist.nl          40146 antagonist.nl       
    39401 protonmail.ch          38632 webreus.nl          
    38308 webreus.nl             38462 protonmail.ch       
    31629 pcextreme.nl           31898 pcextreme.nl        
    28965 xel.nl                 29021 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
  -----------               ----------
  11001 TOTAL               10944 TOTAL             
   3398 DE, Germany          3373 DE, Germany       
   1908 NL, Netherlands      1893 NL, Netherlands   
   1835 US, United States    1881 US, United States 
    776 FR, France            795 FR, France        
    431 CZ, Czechia           423 CZ, Czechia       
    364 GB, United Kingdom    360 GB, United Kingdom
    245 FI, Finland           248 FI, Finland       
    214 CA, Canada            210 CA, Canada        
    193 AT, Austria           183 AT, Austria       
    149 SE, Sweden            143 CH, Switzerland   
    138 DK, Denmark           142 SE, Sweden        
    138 CH, Switzerland       136 DK, Denmark       
    136 AU, Australia         133 AU, Australia     
    118 SG, Singapore         117 SG, Singapore     
     86 PL, Poland             84 PL, Poland        
     76 RU, Russia             60 RU, Russia        
     59 JP, Japan              59 JP, Japan         
     51 NO, Norway             51 NO, Norway        
     45 BR, Brazil             42 IT, Italy         
     42 IT, Italy              41 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
  ----------               ----------
  8613 TOTAL               8576 TOTAL             
  3736 NL, Netherlands     3700 NL, Netherlands   
  2472 DE, Germany         2466 DE, Germany       
   855 US, United States    887 US, United States 
   364 FR, France           374 FR, France        
   186 CZ, Czechia          173 CZ, Czechia       
   175 GB, United Kingdom   170 GB, United Kingdom
   106 FI, Finland          107 FI, Finland       
    78 CA, Canada            80 CA, Canada        
    72 AU, Australia         71 AU, Australia     
    66 SE, Sweden            65 CH, Switzerland   
    59 CH, Switzerland       59 SE, Sweden        
    52 AT, Austria           59 AT, Austria       
    42 SG, Singapore         43 SG, Singapore     
    37 JP, Japan             36 JP, Japan         
    25 NO, Norway            25 DK, Denmark       
    23 DK, Denmark           24 NO, Norway        
    22 RO, Romania           21 RO, Romania       
    21 RU, Russia            19 IE, Ireland       
    20 IE, Ireland           17 UA, Ukraine       
    18 UA, Ukraine           15 BR, Brazil        

There are 9,124 unique zones (9,085 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 19,650 (19,555 last
month).  These cover 19,940 distinct MX hosts (19,853 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 926 (this is my ad-hoc criterion for a
domain being a large-enough actively used email domain).  Of these, 561
are in recent (last 90 days of) reports (see [2] below my signature).

Of the ~3.76 million DANE domains, 12,942 (12,979 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 3,354
(3,139 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:

    144   mx1.dotxs.net
    141   mx2.solutive.nl
    109   mail.blueconsulting.cz
    100   mx01.kdmails.de
     37   mx1.mdbraber.com
     30   mx1.synetcon.net
     23   fsn1-c04.xemo-net.de
     18   web2.sys.ccs-baumann.de
     18   semark.dk
     18   mx1.traxion.com

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 2,137 (2,998 last
month).  The top 10 name server operators with problem domains are:

  This Month            Last month
  ----------            ----------
  1633 neostrada.nl     1868 neostrada.nl   
   101 worldnic.com      117 worldnic.com   
    82 epik.com           83 epik.com       
    71 ebola.cz           79 dnssrv.nl      
    52 dnssrv.nl          71 ebola.cz       
    43 openprovider.nl    46 openprovider.nl
    17 register.com       17 register.com   
    16 sectigoweb.com     16 sectigoweb.com 
    11 ispapi.net         12 ispapi.net     
    10 axc.nl             10 axc.nl         

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 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             australian-bodycare.dk         mailmore.nl
gmx.at                   avabeauty.dk                   mailon.nl
boozyshop.be             barons.dk                      mailplus.nl
digsys.bg                bog.dk                         managementboek.nl
cetelemnegocie.com.br    borgerforslag.dk               markteffectmail.nl
e-negociacao.com.br      byravn.dk                      marktnet.nl
e-renegocie.com.br       camillakroeyer.dk              mcmta.nl
nic.br                   computerworld.dk               messen.nl
registro.br              damask.dk                      mijndomein.nl
20km.ch                  danielspengetips.dk            minbzk.nl
activfitness-news.ch     densidsteflaske.dk             mindef.nl
blackout-bonusclub.ch    dfi.dk                         mm1.nl
cbd420.ch                digst.dk                       nederweert.nl
coronavirusensuisse.ch   dk-hostmaster.dk               nieuwsservice-rvo.nl
gmx.ch                   ens.dk                         ns.nl
hostpoint.ch             fibianet.dk                    nubeterengels.nl
infomaniak.ch            foraeldresparring.dk           nuudcare.nl
msochrono.ch             fvst.dk                        orangebag.nl
open.ch                  gastrotools.dk                 otys.nl
protonmail.ch            gibbu.dk                       ouderenfonds.nl
sms-gagnant.ch           globestudios.dk                ouderportaal.nl
switch.ch                idelig.dk                      overheid.nl
santeglobale.club        incover.dk                     oxilion.nl
simplelogin.co           kfst.dk                        oxilionhosted.nl
albourne.com             kodbilen.dk                    parlement.nl
altospam.com             konkurspriser.dk               partijvoordedieren.nl
anonaddy.com             kystfisken.dk                  partnermail.nl
ansigtsyogaonline.com    labelking.dk                   paypro.nl
aotax.com                lacabra.dk                     petsonline.nl
appliedgo.com            localfitness.dk                ploegendienst-festival.nl
beaconx.com              mobilcovers.dk                 podiumcadeaukaart.nl
cm.com                   musclehouse.dk                 politie.nl
colourfulrebel.com       netic.dk                       pp-prd.nl
connectsb.com            nimara.dk                      previder.nl
cryptowallet.com         nordd.dk                       prorun-mail.nl
datev.com                nota.dk                        pvv.nl
denhaag.com              opdagverden.dk                 quicknet.nl
exegy.com                rmc.dk                         rdw.nl
fabfilter.com            seniornews.dk                  rijksoverheid.nl
farmergracy.com          shapeit.dk                     rivm.nl
fastware-hosting.com     skjold-burne.dk                rvo.nl
financialafrik.com       smoon.dk                       sans-mail.nl
flaneurhomme.com         sneakerzone.dk                 schoudercom.nl
gmx.com                  soelvstein.dk                  schuurman-schoenen.nl
groed.com                stil.dk                        shampoobars.nl
habr.com                 sundhedspolitisktidsskrift.dk  shapeit.nl
highcharts.com           themeatclub.dk                 shoesme.nl
infomaniak.com           thenap.dk                      sizzthebrand.nl
ingthink.com             thesneakerstore.dk             smartwatchbanden.nl
intakt.com               tricommerce.dk                 soclever.nl
johnbeerens.com          trueliving.dk                  spamservice.nl
joomlapolis.com          uni-c.dk                       sportrusten.nl
jula.com                 uvm.dk                         ssonet.nl
kabayarefashion.com      venderbys.dk                   stater.nl
leszexpertsfle.com       yuaiahaircare.dk               surfspot.nl
librti.com               tilburguniversity.edu          svb.nl
mactabeauty.com          just.ee                        technishow.nl
mail.com                 mkm.ee                         telefoonglaasje.nl
mplbeauty.com            turunduslabor.ee               thealphamen.nl
nanolearning.com         envie.email                    transip.nl
nine-pine.com            myownconference.email          triodos.nl
offshorecorptalk.com     spam-filter.email              truetickets.nl
one.com                  spike.email                    tudelft.nl
orsys.com                spotler.email                  tweedekamer.nl
pieter-pot.com           talentech.email                uitgeverijpica.nl
pompomlondon.com         nuudcare.es                    upcmail.nl
ppcpcv.com               triodos.es                     uvt.nl
protonmail.com           egu.eu                         uwv.nl
protonvpn.com            litebit.eu                     valys.nl
renworkshops.com         qard.eu                        venauto.nl
run-motion.com           tbibank.eu                     vimexx.nl
sankakucomplex.com       zonevs.eu                      vlissingen.nl
schizinfo.com            fsol.fi                        vogeldagboek.nl
scorecloud.com           handelsbanken.fi               voorschoten.nl
serverclienti.com        metaburn.fi                    vunzigedeuntjes.nl
solvinity.com            tarjousrinki.fi                wassenaar.nl
speciale-offre.com       traficom.fi                    watchbandjes-shop.nl
stasdock.com             ac-strasbourg.fr               waternet.nl
stater.com               braceletsmartwatch.fr          webreus.nl
stellarequipment.com     chiens-guides-idf.fr           wierden.nl
t-2.com                  compagnie-des-sens.fr          xel.nl
tcs.com                  edtm-actu.fr                   ziggo.nl
teamfdm.com              nuudcare.fr                    zorgmail.nl
thalesgroup.com          oo2.fr                         akt.no
theintercept.com         privea.fr                      annabellstefanussen.no
thepcw.com               fidesz.hu                      babybanden.no
thepcwholesale.com       italiamail.hu                  bergengokart.no
thesmmacademy.com        mszp.hu                        bull-ski-kajakk.no
triodos.com              eurocontrol.int                chillout.no
tutanota.com             rootnet.io                     domeneshop.no
up2staff.com             nuudcare.it                    guttelus.no
veganallsorts.com        neolink.link                   handelsbanken.no
veka.com                 education.lu                   hoppin.no
vendiblelabs.com         anonaddy.me                    hyttefeber.no
vivaldi.com              pm.me                          idrettenonline.no
webcruiter.com           proton.me                      kashmina.no
webmailph.com            army.mil                       lagerpriser.no
win-rar.com              dla.mil                        marikrogshus.no
xfinity.com              health.mil                     mystuff.no
xfinityhomesecurity.com  jten.mil                       nordicprint.no
xfinitymobile.com        mail.mil                       norskgrammatikk.no
bncr.fi.cr               navy.mil                       raskebriller.no
airbank.cz               nga.mil                        rushtrampoline.no
akce-incomputer.cz       osd.mil                        sillysanta.no
avatech.cz               socom.mil                      spillfabrikken.no
balikovna.cz             uscg.mil                       storytravel.no
bewooden.cz              usmc.mil                       uib.no
cokoladovnajanek.cz      apnic.net                      webcruitermail.no
cpost.cz                 benjaminfulford.net            atelkamera.nu
csob.cz                  bleucitron.net                 goget.nu
cuni.cz                  comcast.net                    lenhud.nu
dashofer.cz              ewetel.net                     aegee.org
dedra.cz                 ficbook.net                    agirpourlenvironnement.org
e-kondomy.cz             fivem.net                      debian.org
fio.cz                   gmx.net                        freebsd.org
fnusa.cz                 graphistepro.net               gentoo.org
gov.cz                   habramail.net                  ietf.org
hypotecnibanka.cz        hr-manager.net                 irtf.org
itesco.cz                masterinter.net                isc.org
jcu.cz                   mijngezondheid.net             mailbox.org
kb.cz                    mpssec.net                     mailop.org
klenotyaurum.cz          procurios.net                  netbsd.org
klubpevnehozdravi.cz     ripe.net                       openssl.org
ksporting.cz             riseup.net                     ozlabs.org
manymail.cz              soverin.net                    postfix.org
mbank.cz                 t-2.net                        samba.org
mfcr.cz                  transip.net                    torproject.org
mkluzkoviny.cz           webreus.net                    biotechnologia.com.pl
mojedatovaschranka.cz    yourdomainprovider.net         brebank.com.pl
mrakyhracek.cz           4ps.nl                         holandiajobs.pl
muni.cz                  amsterdam.nl                   anacom.pt
nic.cz                   aquastorexl.nl                 cm-portimao.pt
o2.cz                    artsenzorg.nl                  loopia.rs
optimail.cz              bankhoesdiscounter.nl          mobily.com.sa
outlet-alpine.cz         belastingdienst.nl             advania.se
p-info.cz                beterinbeleggen.nl             arbetsformedlingen.se
poptavej.cz              beterspellen.nl                bearplayshop.se
pre.cz                   bewustpuur.nl                  bilprovningen.se
predplatit.cz            bhosted.nl                     crtzoo.se
scrptd.cz                blushfashionstore.nl           ecster.se
server4u.cz              bobo.nl                        ellevio.se
shopex.cz                body-supplies.nl               enkoping.se
smtp.cz                  boekwinkeltjes.nl              fashion-copenhagen.se
stoklasa.cz              boksen.nl                      halmstad.se
tiscali.cz               bolerolimonadewinkel.nl        handelsbanken.se
vas-server.cz            boozyshop.nl                   hellomantle.se
virusfree.cz             box.nl                         huskvarnafolketspark.se
vshosting.cz             bronckhorst.nl                 jul-troja.se
web4u.cz                 bruut.nl                       klasspengar.se
zafido.cz                burgernet.nl                   lnu.se
zdravestravovani.cz      camperexpo.nl                  lomervarde.se
zlate-mince.cz           caracamilla.nl                 loopia.se
zonky.cz                 casema.nl                      merchsweden.se
bayern.de                cbr.nl                         minmyndighetspost.se
brandenburg.de           chello.nl                      nordicprint.se
bund.de                  clubplanner.nl                 polisen.se
bundesregierung.de       degros.nl                      refitness.se
datev.de                 deonlinetandarts.nl            sillysanta.se
dfn.de                   derooijfotografie.nl           silverdotter.se
elster.de                desan.nl                       skatteverket.se
ewetel.de                dictu.nl                       skolverket.se
fau.de                   digibtw.nl                     soleplus.se
fn.de                    digid.nl                       spelfabrik.se
freenet.de               digitaleverkiezing.nl          sunet.se
gmx.de                   dimehouse.nl                   teknikdelar.se
huellen-shop.de          domain-registry.nl             theletter.se
jpberlin.de              duo.nl                         vaccinova.se
lmu.de                   eabstest.nl                    websupport.se
lrz.de                   efactuurdirect.nl              fio.sk
mail.de                  esuals.nl                      kadernickyservis.sk
mensa.de                 expeditionfestival.nl          mklozkoviny.sk
mpg.de                   extinctionrebellion.nl         pneusvet.sk
posteo.de                ezorg.nl                       rondogo.sk
ruhr-uni-bochum.de       fivecityspa.nl                 satro.sk
smartwatcharmbaender.de  hilversum.nl                   toptop.sk
sys4.de                  hobbygigant.nl                 zapardrobnych.sk
tum.de                   home.nl                        afinepairofshoes.co.uk
tutanota.de              hostingpeople.nl               clientnews3.co.uk
uni-augsburg.de          hostnet.nl                     clientnews4.co.uk
uni-bielefeld.de         huurexpert.nl                  handelsbanken.co.uk
uni-erlangen.de          interim-netwerk.nl             nuudcare.co.uk
uni-muenchen.de          kaagenbraassem.nl              sanjaya-courirs.co.uk
vicinityclo.de           kiesrijk.nl                    triodos.co.uk
web.de                   kralingsebosfestival.nl        nuudcare.us
westlotto.de             ledlichtstunter.nl             quantum-services.us
allbuy.dk                ledstripxl.nl                  ru.ac.za
annes-atelier.dk         lico.nl                        stargaze.zone


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