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Hocuri cb1e4ff5bb docs(README.md): Clarify security enforcement (#1011)
Make it clear which security enforcement properties a chatmail server has
2026-06-17 12:38:37 +02:00
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@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ Chatmail relay servers are interoperable Mail Transport Agents (MTAs) designed f
- **Instant/Realtime:** sub-second message delivery, realtime P2P - **Instant/Realtime:** sub-second message delivery, realtime P2P
streaming, privacy-preserving Push Notifications for Apple, Google, and Huawei; streaming, privacy-preserving Push Notifications for Apple, Google, and Huawei;
- **Security Enforcement**: only strict TLS, DKIM and OpenPGP with minimized metadata accepted - **Security Enforcement**: Only connections with strict TLS are accepted;
all messages must be correctly signed with DKIM and OpenPGP-encrypted with minimized metadata.
There are experimental exceptions for no-DNS relays,
which are allowed use self-signed TLS certificates
and which do not need to DKIM-sign their messages.
Unencrypted messages are allowed in neither case.
- **Reliable Federation and Decentralization:** No spam or IP reputation checks, federating - **Reliable Federation and Decentralization:** No spam or IP reputation checks, federating
depends on established IETF standards and protocols. depends on established IETF standards and protocols.