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title: "CAA Records"
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published: "2018-10-31T19:36:48+00:00"
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CAA RecordsCertification Authority Authorization (CAA) records have become more relevant in the last couple of years because in 2017 the CA/Browser Forum voted to make CAA mandatory for all Certificate Authorities.

What this means that domains will need to assert via DNS records (the **CAA DNS RType**) which CA’s are permitted to issue certificates for your domains.

Think of it as “sort of like SPF, but for SSL/TLS certs”.

![CAA DNS record setup](https://easydns.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/caa_dns_setup.png)

The CAA RRType is supported by [all DNS service levels](https://easydns.com/dns/). ### Also See:

- [CAA DNS Records Now Enabled](https://easydns.com/blog/2017/09/21/caa-records-now-enabled/)