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Email Anti Spoofing - DKIM

Continuing with the second article in our securing Email to stop spoofing series we take a look at DKIM, or Domain Keys Identified Mail, which is an Email authentication method to detect forgeries, it allows the receiving Mail Server to check if an Email that claims to have come from a specific domain, actually did.

it does this is by the senders Mail Server adding a digital signature to each outbound message, then the receivers Mail Server looking up that domains public key in DNS to verify the signature.

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Beware VoIP Cowboys

Not all VoIP or SIP providers, also known as VSP's or Voice Service Providers, are equal. In recent years there has been a number of new VoIP providers appearing to take advantage of the move from POTS to VoIP in the populous areas serviced by NBN, some of these recent ventures claim they have been selling services for years, but it quickly becomes apparent who are honest, and who are full of it.

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DNSSEC - Its Too Hard Is No Longer An Excuse

I am often asked why is DNSSEC such a PITA to implement, well, if you asked me this question ten years ago, I'd agree, maybe even five years ago, as then it was better, but still convoluted, so I get why many still are hesitant to use it, it's DNS, and nobody wants to mess up DNS, but Bind, since version 9.16 makes it very easy, it's even at the set and forget stage, so enabling DNSSEC in 2023 is child's play.

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