Introducing DKIM2: The Future of Email Security
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
DKIM or DomainKeys Identified Mail's current version was first published in 2011, as an email authentication protocol that helped sign messages with digital signatures to authenticate the sender.
DKIM allowed email servers to verify that the message was not tampered with during transmission. DKIM is defined under RFC 6376 as a protocol that 'permits a person, role, or organization that owns the signing domain to claim some responsibility for a message by associating the domain with the message.'
In 2024, DKIM may have a brand new look, called DKIM2! DKIM2 is expected to soon replace the old email security mechanism (DKIM) with a new and updated mechanism for enhanced authentication and security.