DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) and Mailing Lists
RFC 6377
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RFC - Best Current Practice
(September 2011; Errata)
Also known as BCP 167
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| Replaces | draft-kucherawy-dkim-lists | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Kucherawy
Request for Comments: 6377 Cloudmark
BCP: 167 September 2011
Category: Best Current Practice
ISSN: 2070-1721
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) and Mailing Lists
Abstract
DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) allows an ADministrative Management
Domain (ADMD) to assume some responsibility for a message. Based on
deployment experience with DKIM, this document provides guidance for
the use of DKIM with scenarios that include Mailing List Managers
(MLMs).
Status of This Memo
This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
BCPs is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6377.
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Kucherawy Best Current Practice [Page 1]
RFC 6377 DKIM and Mailing Lists September 2011
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. MLMs in Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3. Feedback Loops and Other Bilateral Agreements . . . . . . 5
1.4. Document Scope and Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1. Key Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. Messaging Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3. DKIM-Specific References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4. 'DKIM-Friendly' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5. Message Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. Mailing Lists and DKIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1. Roles and Realities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. Types of Mailing Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3. Current MLM Effects on Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Non-Participating MLMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. Author-Related Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2. Verification Outcomes at Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3. Handling Choices at Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.4. Wrapping a Non-Participating MLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5. Participating MLMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2. DKIM Author Domain Signing Practices . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.3. Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.4. Exceptions to ADSP Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.5. Author-Related Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.6. Verification Outcomes at MLMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.7. Signature Removal Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.8. MLM Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.9. Verification Outcomes at Final Receiving Sites . . . . . . 20
5.10. Use with FBLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.11. Handling Choices at Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6. DKIM Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.1. Security Considerations from DKIM and ADSP . . . . . . . . 22
7.2. Authentication Results When Relaying . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Appendix A. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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