RFC 4870: Domain-Based Email Authentication Using Public Keys Advertised in the DNS (DomainKeys)

"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…

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Outgoing relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4648: The Base16, Base32, and Base64 Data Encodings
Normative reference — RFC 1421: Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures
Informative reference — RFC 2822: Internet Message Format
Informative reference — RFC 3851: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Message Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3833: Threat Analysis of the Domain Name System (DNS)
Informative reference — RFC 4871: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 4871: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5518: Vouch By Reference
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7001: Message Header Field for Indicating Message Authentication Status
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5863: DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Development, Deployment, and Operations
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7601: Message Header Field for Indicating Message Authentication Status
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9989: Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC)