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# checker-dane
DANE / TLSA checker for [happyDomain](https://www.happydomain.org/).
Bound to the `svcs.TLSAs` service: groups the user's TLSA records by
`(port, proto, base)`, publishes one `tls.endpoint.v1` discovery entry
per endpoint so [`checker-tls`](https://git.happydns.org/checker-tls)
probes them, then matches each TLSA against the observed certificate
chain per RFC 6698.
## Usage
### Standalone HTTP server
```bash
# Build and run
make
./checker-dane -listen :8080
```
The server exposes:
- `GET /health`, health check
- `POST /collect`, collect DANE observations (happyDomain external checker protocol)
### Docker
```bash
make docker
docker run -p 8080:8080 happydomain/checker-dane
```
### happyDomain plugin
```bash
make plugin
# produces checker-dane.so, loadable by happyDomain as a Go plugin
```
The plugin exposes a `NewCheckerPlugin` symbol returning the checker
definition and observation provider, which happyDomain registers in its
global registries at load time.
### Versioning
The binary, plugin, and Docker image embed a version string overridable
at build time:
```bash
make CHECKER_VERSION=1.2.3
make plugin CHECKER_VERSION=1.2.3
make docker CHECKER_VERSION=1.2.3
```
### happyDomain remote endpoint
Set the `endpoint` admin option for the DANE checker to the URL of the
running checker-dane server (e.g., `http://checker-dane:8080`).
happyDomain will delegate observation collection to this endpoint.
## Behavior
- **Usage 0 (PKIX-TA) / 1 (PKIX-EE)**: TLSA match + publicly trusted PKIX chain required.
- **Usage 2 (DANE-TA) / 3 (DANE-EE)**: TLSA acts as the trust anchor; PKIX validity is informational.
- **Selector** 0 (Cert) / 1 (SPKI) and **MatchingType** 0/1/2 (Full / SHA-256 / SHA-512)
are matched against the chain slot implied by the usage.
- Common STARTTLS ports (25, 110, 143, 389, 587, 5222, 5269) are auto-mapped;
override via the `starttls` option keyed by `"<port>/<proto>"`.
## Protocol
### POST /collect
Request:
```json
{
"key": "dane_checks",
"target": {"userId": "...", "domainId": "..."},
"options": {
"domain_name": "example.com",
"subdomain": "",
"service": { "_svctype": "svcs.TLSAs", "_domain": "example.com.", "Service": { "tlsa": [ ... ] } },
"probeTimeoutMs": 5000,
"starttls": {"587/tcp": "submission"}
}
}
```
Response:
```json
{
"data": {
"targets": [
{
"owner": "_443._tcp.example.com",
"host": "example.com",
"port": 443,
"proto": "tcp",
"ref": "tls.endpoint.v1:...",
"records": [
{"usage": 3, "selector": 1, "matching_type": 1, "certificate": "abcd..."}
]
}
],
"collected_at": "2026-04-24T12:00:00Z"
}
}
```
## License & licensing roadmap
This project is currently licensed under the **GNU Affero General Public
License v3.0** (see `LICENSE`), because it still decodes the on-wire
`happydns.ServiceMessage` shape from the happyDomain server module
(`git.happydns.org/happyDomain/model`), which is itself distributed
under AGPL-3.0 and a commercial license.
The core checker types (`CheckerOptions`, `CheckerDefinition`,
`ObservationProvider`, `CheckRule`, …) have already been migrated to
[`checker-sdk-go`](https://git.happydns.org/checker-sdk-go); the TLS
endpoint contract consumed from related observations lives in
[`checker-tls`](https://git.happydns.org/checker-tls). Only the
service-message type remains on the AGPL side.
**Planned relicensing:** as soon as the remaining `ServiceMessage`
dependency has been removed (moved into a dedicated permissively
licensed module), this project will be relicensed under the **MIT
License**, in line with the rest of the happyDomain checker ecosystem
(see `checker-dummy` for the target shape).
**Contributors notice:** by submitting a contribution to this
repository, you accept that your contribution will be relicensed from
AGPL-3.0 to MIT at the time of the relicensing described above. If you
do not agree with this, please do not submit contributions until the
relicensing has taken place.
The third-party Apache-2.0 attributions for `checker-sdk-go` and
`checker-tls` are recorded in `NOTICE` and must accompany any binary or
source redistribution of this project.