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Domain Key Identified Mail vs Phishing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fifty-six-thousand-spam-in-the-last-thirty-days dept.

alphadogg writes "Some of the Internet's most powerful companies — including Yahoo, Google, PayPal and AOL — are brandishing a new weapon in the ongoing battle against e-mail fraud. DKIM is an emerging e-mail authentication standard developed by the IETF. DKIM, which stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail, allows an organization to cryptographically sign outgoing e-mail to verify that it sent the message. DKIM addresses one of the Internet's biggest threats: e-mail fraud. As much as 80% of e-mail that purports to be from leading brands, banks and ISPs is spoofed, according to a report released in late January by the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA)."

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  1. Re:Useless.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Useless ... until everybody starts using it! That was true about email once, too. That was true about your mom once, too.