Re: [ietf-dkim] RFC 4686 on Analysis of Threats Motivating DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Wed, 27 September 2006 06:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] RFC 4686 on Analysis of Threats Motivating DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
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Well done to all concerned, esp. Jim of course!
S.

rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org wrote:
> 
> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
> 
> 
>         RFC 4686
> 
>         Title:      Analysis of Threats Motivating DomainKeys
>                     Identified Mail (DKIM)
>         Author:     J. Fenton
>         Status:     Informational
>         Date:       September 2006
>         Mailbox:    fenton@cisco.com
>         Pages:      29
>         Characters: 70382
>         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None
> 
>         I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-dkim-threats-03.txt
> 
>         URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4686.txt
> 
> 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.
> 
> This document is a product of the Domain Keys Identified Mail
> Working Group of the IETF.
> 
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