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Bye Bye Spam and Phishing with DKIM?

Posted by Zonk on from the teflon-for-your-mailbox dept.

ppadala writes "While research from PEW Internet (PDF) shows that few users really are bothered by spam, IETF is supporting a public key cryptographic based e-mail authentication mechanism called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures . The new spec is supposed to help in fighting both spam and fraud. From Ars Technica: 'DKIM's precursor, DomainKeys, was originally developed by Yahoo. The specifications for DKIM were then extended by an informal group of IT organizations that included companies like Yahoo, Cisco, EarthLink, Microsoft, and VeriSign, among others. It was first submitted by the group to the IETF in mid-2005, but only recently published by the IETF. The spec is still to be incorporated into a more formal draft and submitted for approval, however.'"

2 of 134 comments (clear)

  1. It's only a server validiation solution by jimpop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's only a server validiation solution. DKIM won't stop spam. DKIM will only help validate the identity of the server that is sending you email. Right now I get lots of spam from legitimate Yahoo, Mail.com, and Hotmail servers. DKIM isn't going to stop that it's only going to reinforce what I already know.

  2. few users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    spam bothers few users

    Dunno about anyone else, but as the admin for our company, I get more complaints about spam than anything other single item I can think of...