Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Authentication Failure Reporting Using the Abuse Reporting Format
RFC 6652
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(June 2012; No errata)
Updates RFC 4408
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
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| Stream | WG state | WG Document | |
| Document shepherd | Murray Kucherawy | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2012-02-08) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 6652 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| Responsible AD | Pete Resnick | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) S. Kitterman
Request for Comments: 6652 Agari
Updates: 4408 June 2012
Category: Standards Track
ISSN: 2070-1721
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Authentication Failure Reporting
Using the Abuse Reporting Format
Abstract
This memo presents extensions to the Abuse Reporting Format (ARF) and
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) specifications to allow for detailed
reporting of message authentication failures in an on-demand fashion.
This memo updates RFC 4408 by providing an IANA registry for SPF
modifiers.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6652.
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RFC 6652 SPF Auth Failure Reporting June 2012
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Definitions .....................................................3
2.1. Key Words ..................................................3
2.2. Imported Definitions .......................................3
3. Optional Reporting Address for SPF ..............................3
4. Requested Reports ...............................................4
4.1. Requested Reports for SPF Failures .........................5
5. IANA Considerations .............................................5
5.1. SPF Modifier Registration ..................................5
6. Security Considerations .........................................6
6.1. Identity Selection .........................................6
6.2. Report Volume ..............................................6
7. References ......................................................7
7.1. Normative References .......................................7
7.2. Informative References .....................................7
Appendix A. Acknowledgements .......................................8
Appendix B. Examples ...............................................8
B.1. SPF DNS Record for Domain That Sends No Mail but
Requests Reports ...........................................8
B.2. Minimal SPF DNS Record Change to Add a Reporting
Address ....................................................8
B.3. SPF DNS Record with Reporting Address, Report
Percentage, and Requested Report Type ......................8
1. Introduction
The Abuse Reporting Format [ARF] defines a message format for sending
reports of abuse in the messaging infrastructure, with an eye toward
automating both the generation and consumption of those reports.
The Sender Policy Framework [SPF] is one mechanism for message sender
authentication; it is "path-based", meaning it authenticates the
route that a message took from origin to destination. The output is
a verified domain name that can then be subjected to some sort of
evaluation process (e.g., comparison to a known-good list, submission
to a reputation service, etc.).
This document extends [SPF] to add an optional reporting address and
other parameters. Extension of [ARF] to add features required for
the reporting of these incidents is covered in [ARF-AUTHFAIL] and
[ARF-AS].
This document additionally creates a an IANA registry of [SPF] record
modifiers to avoid modifier namespace collisions.
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