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RFC 5672: RFC 4871 DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures -- Update

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6376.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 6376 — DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document updates RFC 4871, "DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures". Specifically, the document clarifies the nature, roles, and relationship of the two DKIM identifier tag values that are candidates for payload delivery to a receiving processing module. The Update is in the style of an Errata entry, albeit a rather long one. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC5672
Published
August 2009
Authors
D. Crocker
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
14
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 6376
Updates:
RFC 4871

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 4870 (2007)
  2. RFC 4871 (2007)
  3. RFC 5672 (2009)
  4. RFC 6376 (2011) ✓

Read the full history of DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures →

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