Domain - based Email Authentication Using Public - Keys

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". Delany Expires September, 2006 [Page 1] Internet-Draft DomainKeys March 2006 Purpose of Submission The DomainKeys specification was a primary source from which the DomainKeys Identified Mail [DKIM] specification has been derived. The purpose in submitting this draft is as an historical reference for deployed implementations while the DKIM draft evolves. When DKIM has stabilized, this draft should be submitted as an historical or informational RFC. Delany Expires September, 2006 [Page 2] Internet-Draft DomainKeys March 2006 Table of