Mail::DKIM::ARC::Seal(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::DKIM::ARC::Seal(3)

Mail::DKIM::ARC::Seal - represents a ARC-Seal header

version 1.20230911

new() - create a new signature from parameters

my $signature = Mail::DKIM::ARC::Seal->new(
                    [ Algorithm => 'rsa-sha256', ]
                    [ Signature => $base64, ]
                    [ Domain => 'example.org', ]
                    [ Instance => 1, ]
                    [ Chain => 'none', ] # none|fail|pass
                    [ Query => 'dns', ]
                    [ Selector => 'alpha', ]
                    [ Timestamp => time(), ]
                    [ Expiration => time() + 86400, ]
                );

The ARC-Seal is similar to a DKIM signature but with the following changes:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dmarc-arc-protocol-06

5.1.1.1. Tags in the ARC-Seal Header Field Value

The following tags are the only supported tags for an ARC-Seal field.
All of them MUST be present.  Unknown tags MUST be ignored and do not
affect the validity of the header.
o  a = hash algorithm; syntax is the same as the "a=" tag defined in
   Section 3.5 of [RFC6376];
o  b = digital signature; syntax is the same as the "b=" tag defined
   in Section 3.5 of [RFC6376];
o  cv = chain validation status: valid values:
   *  'none' = no pre-existing chain;
   *  'fail' = the chain as received does not or can not validate; or
   *  'pass' = valid chain received.
o  d = domain for key; syntax is the same as the "d=" tag defined in
   Section 3.5 of [RFC6376];
o  i = "instance" or sequence number; monotonically increasing at
   each "sealing" entity, beginning with '1', see Section 5.1.1.1.1
   regarding the valid range
o  s = selector for key; syntax is the same as the "s=" tag defined
   in Section 3.5 of [RFC6376];
o  t = timestamp; syntax is the same as the "t=" tag defined in
   Section 3.5 of [RFC6376].

chain() - get or set the chain parameter (cv=) field

This must be one of "pass", "fail" or "none". For a chain to be valid, the very first (i=1) seal MUST be cv=none, and all further seals MUST be cv=pass.

instance() - get or set the signing instance (i=) field

my $i = $signature->instance;

Instances must be integers less than 1024 according to the spec.

Mail::DKIM::Signature for DKIM-Signature headers

Mail::DKIM::ARC::MessageSignature for ARC-Message-Signature headers

  • Jason Long <jason@long.name>
  • Marc Bradshaw <marc@marcbradshaw.net>
  • Bron Gondwana <brong@fastmailteam.com> (ARC)

Work on ensuring that this module passes the ARC test suite was generously sponsored by Valimail (https://www.valimail.com/)

  • Copyright (C) 2013 by Messiah College
  • Copyright (C) 2010 by Jason Long
  • Copyright (C) 2017 by Standcore LLC
  • Copyright (C) 2020 by FastMail Pty Ltd

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

2023-10-09 perl v5.38.0