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author | Jan Dittberner <jandd@cacert.org> | 2016-05-08 01:52:51 +0200 |
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committer | Jan Dittberner <jandd@cacert.org> | 2016-05-08 01:52:51 +0200 |
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Add glossary entries for DNS and DKIM
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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index b785120..95344ea 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -46,3 +46,17 @@ Glossary more server applications. Application Administrators do not necessarily need system level access if the managed application has other means of administration, for example a web based administration frontend. + + DKIM + Domain Key Identified Mail + A mechanism where legitimate mail for a domain is verifiable by a + signature in a mail header and a corresponding public key in a specific + :term:`DNS` record. Outgoing mail servers for the domain have to be + configured to add the necessary signature to mails for their domains. + + DNS + Domain Name System + DNS maps names to other information, the most well known use case is + mapping human readable names to IP addresses, but their are more + applications for DNS like service discovery, storage of public keys and + other public information. |