Domain-Based Email Authentication Using Public Keys Advertised in the DNS (DomainKeys)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Specification
Pages: 41
Abstract: "DomainKeys" creates a domain-level authentication framework for email by using public key technology and the DNS to prove the provenance and contents of an email. This document defines a framework for digitally signing email on a per-domain basis. The ultimate goal of this framework is to unequivocally prove and protect identity while retaining the semantics of Internet email as it is known today. Proof and protection of email identity may assist in the global control of "spam" and "phishing". This memo defines a Historic Document for the Internet community.
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Status Note: Historic
DOI: 10.17487/RFC4870
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4870
Author(s): Mark Delany

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IETF RFC 4871 [Superseded*]

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IETF RFC 1421 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4648 [Active*]

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http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/dnsext-charter.html EXTERNAL
http://wp.netscape.com/security/techbriefs/ssl.html Appendix A - Syntax Rules for the Tag=Value Format EXTERNAL
http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net EXTERNAL
http://www.openssl.org EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2822 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3833 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3851 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4871 [Superseded*]

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IETF RFC 4871 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6376 [Active*]