DKIM is a chartered IETF effort, seeking refinement and standardization of the DKIM specifications.

NOTE WELL

This group operates according to IETF Policies and Rules for individual participation and for the handling of intellectual property. Claims regarding DKIM technology must be filed with the IETF

The working group charter states the purpose and workplan of the IETF effort. It applies to the DKIM discussion list.

The ietf-dkim discussion list is the open venue for pursuing IETF-related DKIM discussion. (An archive of earlier, IETF-related DKIM discussions is available for the ietf-mailsig list.)

An online issues list shows items pending in the working group.

Published

• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures, RFC 4871  »  html, pdf, txt

• Requirements for a DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signing Practices Protocol, RFC 5016

• Analysis of Threats Motivating DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), RFC 4686

Approved

• No documents pending.

NOTE: Open issues for working group drafts are listed at: rt.psg.com.

• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Service Overview, draft-ietf-dkim-overview  »  pdf, html, txt
  • Diffs between overview-09 and overview-10   »  inline, before-after

• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Development, Deployment and Operations, draft-ietf-dkim-deployment  »  pdf, html, txt

• DKIM Author Domain Signing Practices (ADSP) , draft-ietf-dkim-ssp-04  »  html, pdf, txt
  • Diffs between ssp-03 and ssp-04   »  inline, side-by-side

Also see: Related IETF Documents.

Technical Review

The IETF Security Area, performed a review on the two specifications (DomainKeys and Identified Internet Mail) that provided input to the original DKIM work.