eBay and PayPal Adopt DomainKeys to Combat Phishing
The Register is reporting that eBay and PayPal
The online auction site and web pay service are working with Yahoo to use the firm's anti-phishing technology.The firms are supporting the emerging standard known as domain keys, which block fake e-mails by validating the sender with a digital signature.
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The technology, called the DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), will be available to millions of Yahoo Mail users worldwide in the coming weeks.
This is a good sign, we're overcoming some of the hurdles to DKIM.
Digitially signed emails allow email servers to verify the identity of senders making it more difficult for spammers to spoof. One of the barriers to adoption has been the need for senders and receivers to both use the standard. The Register quoted one analyst:
Chenxi Wang, a security analyst with Forrester Research, told Reuters: "Two years ago if you asked companies whether they were using e-mail authentication, most people wouldn't have cared."The industry is slowly coming around," Mr Wang said.
Better late than never.
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