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DomainKeys Hacker Definition

An anti-spam software application released by Yahoo! in 2005. By using a combination of public and private keys to authenticate the sender’s domain, this software is supposed to reduce the likelihood that a spammer or a cracker could fake the domain sending address.

See Also: Authentication; Key; Spam; Spamming/Scrolling.

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