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IETF RFC 4686
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Analysis of Threats Motivating DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)

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Publisher
IETF
Doc Type
Informational
Pages
29
Abstract
This document provides an analysis of some threats against Internet mail that are intended to be addressed by signature-based mail authentication, in particular DomainKeys Identified Mail. It discusses the nature and location of the bad actors, what their capabilities are, and what they intend to accomplish via their attacks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Publication Date
2006-09-01
Status Note
Informational
DOI
10.17487/RFC4686
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4686
Author(s)
Jim Fenton
Keyword(s)
Email, Authentication, Signature
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Bibliographic Reference(s)

  • Bernstein, D., "Cache Timing Attacks on AES", April 2004. EXTERNAL
  • Allman, E., "DKIM Sender Signing Practices" , Work in Progress, August 2006. EXTERNAL
  • US-CERT, "The Continuing Denial of Service Threat Posed by DNS Recursion". EXTERNAL
  • Davis, M. and M. Suignard, "Unicode Technical Report #36: Unicode Security Considerations", UTR 36, July 2005. EXTERNAL
  • Boneh, D. and D. Brumley, "Remote Timing Attacks are Practical", Proc. 12th USENIX Security Symposium, 2003. EXTERNAL
  • Kocher, P., "Timing Attacks on Implementations of Diffie-Hellman, RSA, and other Cryptosystems", Advances in Cryptology, pages 104-113, 1996. EXTERNAL
  • Kocher, P., Joffe, J., and B. Yun, "Differential Power Analysis: Leaking Secrets", Crypto '99, pages 388-397, 1999. EXTERNAL
  • Allman, E., "DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures", Work in Progress, August 2006. EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 1939 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 2821 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 2822 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 3501 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 4033 [Active*]
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