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Understanding DKIM - Email Security Series

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

DKIM is a technological advancement in the field of email security. SPF prevents non-authorized servers from sending emails, but it does not prevent all attempts at spoofing. This is where our next level of security comes into play.

DKIM or Domain Keys Identified Mail aids to the security of the email as it adds a digital signature to every outgoing message, allowing receiving servers to verify that the message came from your organization. It ensures that the content of the email remains untampered/compromised and can be trusted.

Understanding SPF - Email Security Series

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Sender Policy Framework or SPF is an email authentication platform. It helps in specifying who is allowed to send emails from your domain. Making it harder for fraudsters to spoof sender information.

Note

RFC 7208 - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7208

SPF Records are used to specify the origin of the email to the world. It can be considered as a public list that specifies where an email is sent from.

How does SPF records look like?#

SPF is configured and managed as a TXT record inside the DNS server your domain uses.