Domain Keys Identified Mail

A protocol, which is being specified by the IETF working group of the same name, to provide data integrity and domain-level (see: DNS, domain name) data origin authentication for Internet mail messages. (Compare: PEM.)

Tutorial: DKIM employs asymmetric cryptography to create a digital signature for an Internet email message's body and selected

headers (see RFC 1822), and the signature is then carried in a header of the message. A recipient of the message can verify the signature and, thereby, authenticate the identity of the originating domain and the integrity of the signed content, by using a public key belonging to the domain. The key can be obtained from the DNS.