Mandatory Tags for DKIM Signatures
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Network Working Group                                          J. Levine
Internet-Draft                                      Taughannock Networks
Intended status: Standards Track                          30 August 2020
Expires: 3 March 2021

                   Mandatory Tags for DKIM Signatures
                    draft-levine-dkim-conditional-04

Abstract

   The DKIM protocol applies a cryptographic signature to an e-mail
   message.  This specification extends DKIM to allow new signature tags
   that validators are required to evaluate.  The first such tag
   specifies a second signature that must be present for a signature to
   be valid.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Mandatory DKIM header tags  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Signature verification features . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  Processing mandatory tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.3.  Forward signature (!fs) tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Typical application scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.1.  Sender use  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.2.  Forwarder use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.3.  Recipient use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Change Log  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     7.1.  -03 to -04  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     7.2.  -02 to -03  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     7.3.  -01 to -02  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   DKIM [RFC6376] defines a cryptographic header field consisting of a
   series of tags and values.  The values include signed hashes of some
   of the header fields and part or all of the body of a message.  The
   signature contains a domain name that is responsible for the
   signature.  The signature is valid if the hashes in the signature
   match the corresponding hashes of the message at validation time, the
   signature is validated by a public key retrieved from that
   responsible domain's DNS, and it is before the expiration time in the
   signature header field.

   This specification defines the syntax for new tags in a signature
   header field that specify additional conditions that must be
   satisfied for a signature to be valid.  The first such condition
   requires the presence of an additional signature from a specified
   different domain.  It also changes the DKIM version tag to a
   verification features tag to allow the new semantics of conditional
   signatures.

2.  Definitions

   The upper case key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL",
   "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
   [RFC2119].

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   Syntax descriptions use Augmented BNF (ABNF)[RFC5234].