[ietf-dkim] I-D Action:draft-ietf-dkim-overview-07.txt

[Dave Crocker]

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Internet-Drafts at ietf.org wrote:
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Domain Keys Identified Mail Working Group of the IETF.
> 
> 
> 	Title           : DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Service Overview
> 	Author(s)       : T. Hansen, et al.
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-dkim-overview-07.txt
> 	Pages           : 20
> 	Date            : 2007-11-18
> 
> DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) allows an organization to take
> responsibility for a message, in a way that can be validated by a
> recipient.  The organization can be the author's, the originating
> sending site, an intermediary, or one of their agent's.  DKIM defines
> a domain-level digital signature authentication framework for email,
> using public-key cryptography and key server technology.  This
> permits verifying the signer of a message, as well as the integrity
> of its contents.  DKIM accomplishes this by defining a domain-level
> authentication framework for email using public-key cryptography and
> key server technology [RFC4871].  This permits verifying a message
> source, an intermediary, or one of their agents, as well as the
> integrity of its contents.  DKIM will also provide a mechanism that
> permits potential email signers to publish information about their
> email signing practices; this will permit email receivers to make
> additional assessments of unsigned messages.  Such protection of
> email identity can assist in the global control of "spam" and
> "phishing".  This document provides an overview of the DKIM service
> and describes how it can fit into a messaging service.  It also
> describes how DKIM relates to other IETF message signature
> technologies.  It is intended for those who are adopting, developing,
> or deploying DKIM.
> 
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dkim-overview-07.txt


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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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