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Verifying Wikileaks DKIM-Signatures

76 pointsby teknotusover 8 years ago

8 comments

doogliusover 8 years ago
I didn't realize the signatures were leaked as well. Surprised nobody has looked at this yet, if we have cryptographic proof that certain emails are genuine, that shoots down a big counter-argument of "what if some emails are planted".
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Torgoover 8 years ago
There has been no evidence yet that the emails were doctored. What there has been, as one journalist put it, was efforts to conflate "wikileaks emails" with "unsourced shit I saw on Twitter".
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koolbaover 8 years ago
Very cool research!<p>Is there any proof-of-existence archive of DKIM keys or DNS record changes in general? Seems like a perfect use case for blockchain[1]. If the DKIM keys were rolled over or replaced since they were originally sent out, there wouldn&#x27;t be anything to compare them against. Having a record that can show proof-of-existence (at a min point in time) would cover that.<p>[1]: <i>Ha! I knew there would eventually be a legit use case!</i>
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StoneSoloneover 8 years ago
I think the major problem of this election is deciding on what the truth is but since everything can be rewritten, links broken, and data lost there is too much noise to get a clear signal. We need a trust&#x2F;identity protocol that allows us to take history in account I wrote a draft of a whitepaper on a possible way to implement this with blockchains and cross-signing <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hashd.in&#x2F;hashd-in-draft0&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hashd.in&#x2F;hashd-in-draft0&#x2F;</a>
xentroniumover 8 years ago
I remember having issues verifying emails with attachments last time I&#x27;ve used dkimverify.
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source99over 8 years ago
Some quick numbers for those interested:<p>Excel sheet has 11104 rows 2423 verified - 22% 8681 not verified - 78%
dzdtover 8 years ago
Yes, the interesting thing would be if any emails with controversial content can be verified. I don&#x27;t think there were any real bombshells in the wikileaks emails, but still...
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pbarnes_1over 8 years ago
DKIM only signs headers. This is bunk. Move along.
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