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RFC 4686
Title: Analysis of Threats Motivating DomainKeys
Identified Mail (DKIM)
Author: J. Fenton
Status: Informational
Date: September 2006
Mailbox: fenton(_at_)cisco(_dot_)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.
INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community.
It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution
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Authors, for further information.
Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute
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