[Fwd: Yahoo! Mail Publishes Specification for DomainKeys]

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Subject: Yahoo! Mail Publishes Specification for DomainKeys
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:46:32 -0400
From: Larry Seltzer <[email protected]>
To: 'IETF MARID WG' <[email protected]>


(see http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys in particular)

LJS

Yahoo! Mail Publishes Specification for DomainKeys

E-mail Authentication Solution Filed with IETF;

Alpha Version of Open Source Code Available

WHAT:

On Tuesday, May 18, Yahoo! announces the publication of its
specification on DomainKeys,
a cryptographic e-mail authentication solution to help fight spam.

DomainKeys: In order to attack spam at its roots, a powerful solution is
needed that can
verify the identity of the e-mail sender and put an end to spoofing and
forgery.
DomainKeys help fight spam by providing strong assurance of both the
sender's identity
and the integrity of the e-mail content through the use of
public/private key
cryptography.

On Monday, May 17, the company filed the spec as an Internet-draft with
the IETF
(Internet Engineering Task Force) standards body to begin the
standardization process.

Additionally, Yahoo! is currently developing a reference implementation
for DomainKeys
that can be plugged into Message Transfer Agents (MTAs), such as qmail.
An alpha version
of this software will be released under a royalty free license at
SourceForge.net.

WHERE:

The specification, license terms and FAQs are posted on Yahoo!'s
Anti-Spam Resource
Center:  http://antispam.yahoo.com
The alpha version of the software will be hosted at SourceForge.net at:
http://sourceforge.net/index.php

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SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc. / research <at> solidmatrix.com
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