Virus Bulletin Spam Supplement - April 2009

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

Consulting Editors: Ian Whalley, Nick FitzGerald, Richard Ford, Edward Wilding

2009-04-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; Mail authentication with Domain Keys Identified Mail - part one (feature)


News

Spam levels recover

Spam volumes return to the same levels as those seen prior to the takedown of the McColo ISP.

Helen Martin - Virus Bulletin, UK


Feature

Mail authentication with Domain Keys Identified Mail – part one

Message authentication is a promising technique that can be used to help separate wanted email from unwanted email, and Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication technique that seems likely to gain wide acceptance. John Levine looks at what message authentication is and how DKIM works.

John Levine - Taughannock Networks, USA


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