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NIST SP 800-177 Rev. 1

Trustworthy Email

Date Published: February 2019

Supersedes: SP 800-177 (09/07/2016)

Author(s)

Scott Rose (NIST), Stephen Nightingale (NIST), Simson Garfinkel (U.S. Census Bureau), Ramaswamy Chandramouli (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP); Transport Layer Security (TLS); Sender Policy Framework (SPF); Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM); Domain based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC); Domain Name System (DNS) Authentication of Named Entities (DANE); Email; S/MIME
Control Families

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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-177r1
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
High Assurance Domains project

Related NIST Publications:
SP 800-45 Version 2

Document History:
09/13/17: SP 800-177 Rev. 1 (Draft)
12/15/17: SP 800-177 Rev. 1 (Draft)
02/26/19: SP 800-177 Rev. 1 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

general security & privacy, trustworthiness

Technologies

email

Applications

communications & wireless