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

This document provides an analysis of some threats against Internet mail that are intended to be addressed by signature-based mail authentication, in…

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Outgoing relationships (5 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 3501: INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
Informative reference — RFC 2822: Internet Message Format
Informative reference — RFC 2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 1939: Post Office Protocol - Version 3

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 5016: Requirements for a DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signing Practices Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7489: Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4871: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5617: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Author Domain Signing Practices (ADSP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5585: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Service Overview
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9520: Negative Caching of DNS Resolution Failures