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Security · 3h ago

DMARC's new 'NP' tag clashes with DNSSEC, causing email failures

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

A newly introduced DMARC 'NP' tag can break email authentication when combined with DNSSEC, due to conflicting DNS handling. The issue arises because DNSSEC-signed zones may reject the tag's required DNS records. Administrators must carefully configure both protocols to avoid delivery problems.

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This highlights the growing pains of layering security standards without full interoperability testing.
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