implement dnssec-awareness throughout code, and dane for incoming/outgoing mail delivery

the vendored dns resolver code is a copy of the go stdlib dns resolver, with
awareness of the "authentic data" (i.e. dnssec secure) added, as well as support
for enhanced dns errors, and looking up tlsa records (for dane). ideally it
would be upstreamed, but the chances seem slim.

dnssec-awareness is added to all packages, e.g. spf, dkim, dmarc, iprev. their
dnssec status is added to the Received message headers for incoming email.

but the main reason to add dnssec was for implementing dane. with dane, the
verification of tls certificates can be done through certificates/public keys
published in dns (in the tlsa records). this only makes sense (is trustworthy)
if those dns records can be verified to be authentic.

mox now applies dane to delivering messages over smtp. mox already implemented
mta-sts for webpki/pkix-verification of certificates against the (large) pool
of CA's, and still enforces those policies when present. but it now also checks
for dane records, and will verify those if present. if dane and mta-sts are
both absent, the regular opportunistic tls with starttls is still done. and the
fallback to plaintext is also still done.

mox also makes it easy to setup dane for incoming deliveries, so other servers
can deliver with dane tls certificate verification. the quickstart now
generates private keys that are used when requesting certificates with acme.
the private keys are pre-generated because they must be static and known during
setup, because their public keys must be published in tlsa records in dns.
autocert would generate private keys on its own, so had to be forked to add the
option to provide the private key when requesting a new certificate. hopefully
upstream will accept the change and we can drop the fork.

with this change, using the quickstart to setup a new mox instance, the checks
at internet.nl result in a 100% score, provided the domain is dnssec-signed and
the network doesn't have any issues.
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@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ See Quickstart below to get started.
- Internationalized email, with unicode in email address usernames
("localparts"), and in domain names (IDNA).
- Automatic TLS with ACME, for use with Let's Encrypt and other CA's.
- TLSRPT, parsing reports about TLS usage and issues.
- MTA-STS, for ensuring TLS is used whenever it is required. Both serving of
policies, and tracking and applying policies of remote servers.
- DANE and MTA-STS for inbound and outbound delivery over SMTP with STARTTLS,
with incoming TLSRPT reporting.
- Web admin interface that helps you set up your domains and accounts
(instructions to create DNS records, configure
SPF/DKIM/DMARC/TLSRPT/MTA-STS), for status information, managing
accounts/domains, and modifying the configuration file.
- Autodiscovery (with SRV records, Microsoft-style, Thunderbird-style, and Apple
device management profiles) for easy account setup (though client support is
limited).
- Account autodiscovery (with SRV records, Microsoft-style, Thunderbird-style,
and Apple device management profiles) for easy account setup (though client
support is limited).
- Webserver with serving static files and forwarding requests (reverse
proxy), so port 443 can also be used to serve websites.
- Prometheus metrics and structured logging for operational insight.
@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ https://nlnet.nl/project/Mox/.
## Roadmap
- DANE and DNSSEC
- Authentication other than HTTP-basic for webmail/webadmin/webaccount
- Per-domain webmail and IMAP/SMTP host name (and TLS cert) and client settings
- Require TLS SMTP extension (RFC 8689)