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DKIM

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000316

An email authentication method designed to detect forged sender addresses in emails, a technique often used in phishing and email spam. It allows the receiver to check that an email claimed to come from a specific domain was indeed authorized by the owner of that domain. DKIM uses cryptographic signatures to verify email authenticity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000316
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000316",
  "term": "DKIM",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "An email authentication method designed to detect forged sender addresses in emails, a technique often used in phishing and email spam. It allows the receiver to check that an email claimed to come from a specific domain was indeed authorized by the owner of that domain. DKIM uses cryptographic signatures to verify email authenticity.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/dkim/"
}

Record 353 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.