From b80649a90444b89433d174d3de4dc1518325882c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Kistner Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:58:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add DKIM docs --- doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 136 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt index 8ca491c1a..3ad0825d5 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt,v 1.7 2007/07/27 13:56:24 magnus Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt,v 1.8 2007/09/28 12:58:41 tom Exp $ From time to time, experimental features may be added to Exim. While a feature is experimental, there will be a build-time @@ -8,6 +8,141 @@ about experimenatal features, all of which are unstable and liable to incompatibile change. +0. DKIM support +-------------------------------------------------------------- + +DKIM support is implemented via libdkim. A compatible version +is available here: + +http://duncanthrax.net/exim-experimental/libdkim-1.0.15-tk.tar.gz + +Build the lib according to the instructions in the enclosed +INSTALL file. + +To build Exim with DKIM support, specify this in Local/Makefile: + +EXPERIMENTAL_DKIM=yes +CFLAGS += -I/home/tom/libdkim/include +LDFLAGS += -ldkim -lssl -lstdc++ -L/home/tom/libdkim/lib + +Remember to tweak the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS lines to match the +location of the libdomainkeys includes and lib on your system. + +The current experimental implementation supports two independent +functions: + +o Validate incoming DKIM-signed email. +o Sign outgoing email with DKIM. + +The former is implemented in the ACLs for SMTP, the latter as +an extension to the SMTP transport. That means both facilities +are limited to SMTP I/O. + + +1) Validate incoming email + +Incoming messages are fed to the DKIM validation process as they +are received "on the wire". This happens synchronously to Exim's +buffering of the message in the spool. + +You must set "control = dkim_verify" in one of the ACLs preceding +DATA (you will typically use acl_smtp_rcpt), at a point where +non-local, non-relay, non-submission mail is processed. If that +control flag is not set, the message will NOT be verified. + +Example: + +warn log_message = Feeding message to DKIM validator. + control = dk_verify + +You can then check for DKIM signatures in the ACL after data +(acl_smtp_data), using the 'dkim' query-style lookup type. The +query string should be a domain or DKIM identity: + +${lookup dkim{domain.example}} + +Such a lookup will yield one of the following strings: + +unverified: Exim did not (yet) verify the eventual DKIM + signatures in this message. This may happen + if a) You did not use control=dkim_verify + or b) You are using the lookup before + the DATA ACL. + +unsigned: The message does not have a signature from + the specified domain. + +good: The message has a signature from the specified + domain, and it verified successfully. + +bad: The message has a signature from the specified + domain, but it did not verify. + +defer: A temporary DNS problem was encountered while + trying to verify the signature. + + + +2) Sign outgoing email with DKIM + +Outgoing messages are signed just before Exim puts them "on +the wire". The only thing that happens after DKIM signing is +eventual TLS encryption. + +Signing is implemented by setting private options on the SMTP +transport. These options take (expandable) strings as +arguments. + + dkim_domain = [MANDATORY] + + The domain you want to sign with. Should optimally match + the domain in the "From:" header of the message, but + does not necessarily have to. The result of this expanded + option is put into the $dkim_domain expansion variable. + + dkim_selector = [MANDATORY] + + This sets the key selector string. You can use the + $dkim_domain expansion variable to look up a matching + selector. The result is put in the expansion variable + $dkim_selector which should be used in the dkim_private_key + option along with $dkim_domain. + + dkim_private_key = [MANDATORY] + + This sets the private key to use. You can use the + $dkim_domain and $dkim_selector expansion variables to + determine the private key to use. The result can either + + o be a valid RSA private key in ASCII armor, including + line breaks. + o start with a slash, in which case it is treated as + a file that contains the private key. + o be "0", "false" or the empty string, in which case + the message will not be signed. This case will not + result in an error, even if dkim_strict is set. + + dkim_canon = [OPTIONAL] + + This option sets the canonicalization method used when + signing a message. The DKIM RFC currently supports two + methods: "simple" and "relaxed". The option defaults to + "relaxed" when unset. Note: the current implementation + only support using the same canonicalization method for + both headers and body. + + dkim_strict = [OPTIONAL] + + This option defines how Exim behaves when signing a + message that should be signed fails for some reason. When + the expansion evaluates to either "1" or "true", Exim will + defer. Otherwise Exim will send the message unsigned. You + can use the $dkim_domain and $dkim_selector expansion + variables here. + + + + 1. Yahoo DomainKeys support -------------------------------------------------------------- -- 2.25.1