An email authentication protocol that allows domain owners to specify which mail servers are authorized to send emails on behalf of their domain. SPF records are published in DNS and help prevent email spoofing.
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DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
phishingAn email authentication method that uses cryptographic signatures to verify that an email was sent by an authorized serv...
DMARC
phishingDomain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance. An email authentication policy built on SPF and DKIM th...
Email Spoofing
phishingThe forgery of an email header so the message appears to originate from a trusted source. Email spoofing is used in phis...