[VOIPSEC] DKIM Domain Key Identified Mail

[Dan Wing]

draft-ietf-sip-identity-06.txt is arguably similar to DKIM, and applies to
SIP.

I believe it has been approved by the IESG and is the RFC Editor's queue
(which means it'll soon be an RFC).

-d


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org] On Behalf Of Simon Horne
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:22 AM
> To: voipsec at voipsa.org
> Subject: [VOIPSEC] DKIM Domain Key Identified Mail
> 
> 
> Came across this draft to the IETF being used to authenticate 
> email and 
> prevent spoofing.
> 
> http://bgp.potaroo.net/ietf/idref/draft-allman-dkim-base/
> Interesting idea for a domain server to sign outgoing emails 
> and have the 
> receiving server validate them with the sender domain's public key 
> retrieved from DNS.
> 
> It's very light weight and I wonder whether it would 
> applicable to use 
> between SIP servers
> ie the server signs the invite message and the receiver validates the 
> signature before routing the message.
> 
> I don't think storing in DNS and retrieving as required is a 
> good idea for 
> real time communication however having a central repository 
> might be an 
> idea which the SIP servers can put down every day or so. This 
> will save a 
> lot of work compared to each server maintaining a large ACL
> 
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
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