This week I talk about Email Authentication

 

Upcoming Events

• WordPress Web Challenge 27 January, 2024  Jakarta

 

Segment 1: In the News

• ACF WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 2+ Million Site. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress plugin with over 2 million installations announced the release of a security update, version 6.2.5 that patches a vulnerability, the severity of which is not known and only limited details were released about the vulnerability.

 

Segment 2:  Authenticating Emails

 

• SPF Records sample
  • v=spf1 include:_spf.example.com ~all
• DKIM Sample
  • default._domainkey IN TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC2jKmmNxWVP8qDnBfYVPJrgG1dnHD5cP2IcQIDAQAB"
• DMARC sample
  • v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; sp=none

 

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• KOTTKE.ORG