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

A general status and details page for the IETF DKIM working group is available.

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

NOTE: The working group is now operating under a revised charter, to pursue a second round of milestones, including refinement of the base signing specification.

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

• DKIM Service Overview
  RFC 5585 »  pdf, html, txt

• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
  RFC 4871  »  html, pdf, txt
• RFC 4871 DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures -- Update
  » RFC 5672
  

• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Development, Deployment and Operations
  RFC 5863  »  html, txt

• DKIM Author Author Domain Signing Practices (ADSP)
    »  RFC 5617

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

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

Approved

Working Group Drafts

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

• DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
  draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871bis-00  » html, pdf, txt
  • Differences from RFC 4871

• DKIM And Mailing Lists
  »  draft-ietf-dkim-mailinglists-02
  

Also see: Related IETF Documents.

DKIM Working Group Meetings

Proceedings

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.