DkimSignatureValidationResult Class

The result of verifying a DKIM-Signature header.

Definition

Namespace: MimeKit.Cryptography
Assembly: MimeKit.Cryptography (in MimeKit.Cryptography.dll) Version: 5.0.0
C#
public sealed class DkimSignatureValidationResult
Inheritance
Object    DkimSignatureValidationResult

Remarks

The result of verifying a DKIM-Signature header, as returned by Verify(FormatOptions, MimeMessage, Header, CancellationToken).

Example

C#
                    using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Collections.Generic;

using Heijden.DNS;

using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto;

using MimeKit;
using MimeKit.Cryptography;

namespace DkimVerifierExample
{
    // Note: By using the DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase, we avoid having to parse the DNS TXT records
    // in order to get the public key ourselves.
    class ExamplePublicKeyLocator : DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase
    {
        readonly Dictionary<string, AsymmetricKeyParameter> cache;
        readonly Resolver resolver;

        public ExamplePublicKeyLocator ()
        {
            cache = new Dictionary<string, AsymmetricKeyParameter> ();

            resolver = new Resolver ("8.8.8.8") {
                TransportType = TransportType.Udp,
                UseCache = true,
                Retries = 3
            };
        }

        AsymmetricKeyParameter DnsLookup (string domain, string selector, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            var query = selector + "._domainkey." + domain;
            AsymmetricKeyParameter pubkey;

            // checked if we've already fetched this key
            if (cache.TryGetValue (query, out pubkey))
                return pubkey;

            // make a DNS query
            var response = resolver.Query (query, QType.TXT);
            var builder = new StringBuilder ();

            // combine the TXT records into 1 string buffer
            foreach (var record in response.RecordsTXT) {
                foreach (var text in record.TXT)
                    builder.Append (text);
            }

            var txt = builder.ToString ();

            // DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase provides us with this helpful method.
            pubkey = GetPublicKey (txt);

            cache.Add (query, pubkey);

            return pubkey;
        }

        public AsymmetricKeyParameter LocatePublicKey (string methods, string domain, string selector, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default (CancellationToken))
        {
            var methodList = methods.Split (new char[] { ':' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            for (int i = 0; i < methodList.Length; i++) {
                if (methodList[i] == "dns/txt")
                    return DnsLookup (domain, selector, cancellationToken);
            }

            throw new NotSupportedException (string.Format ("{0} does not include any supported lookup methods.", methods));
        }

        public Task<AsymmetricKeyParameter> LocatePublicKeyAsync (string methods, string domain, string selector, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default (CancellationToken))
        {
            return Task.Run (() => {
                return LocatePublicKey (methods, domain, selector, cancellationToken);
            }, cancellationToken);
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        public static void Main (string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length == 0) {
                Help ();
                return;
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) {
                if (args[i] == "--help") {
                    Help ();
                    return;
                }
            }

            var locator = new ExamplePublicKeyLocator ();
            var verifier = new DkimVerifier (locator);

            for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) {
                if (!File.Exists (args[i])) {
                    Console.Error.WriteLine ("{0}: No such file.", args[i]);
                    continue;
                }

                Console.Write ("{0} -> ", args[i]);

                var message = MimeMessage.Load (args[i]);
                var index = message.Headers.IndexOf (HeaderId.DkimSignature);

                if (index == -1) {
                    Console.WriteLine ("NO SIGNATURE");
                    continue;
                }

                var dkim = message.Headers[index];

                if (verifier.Verify (message, dkim)) {
                    // the DKIM-Signature header is valid!
                    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
                    Console.WriteLine ("VALID");
                    Console.ResetColor ();
                } else {
                    // the DKIM-Signature is invalid!
                    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
                    Console.WriteLine ("INVALID");
                    Console.ResetColor ();
                }
            }
        }

        static void Help ()
        {
            Console.WriteLine ("Usage is: DkimVerifier [options] [messages]");
            Console.WriteLine ();
            Console.WriteLine ("Options:");
            Console.WriteLine ("  --help               This help menu.");
        }
    }
}
                  

Constructors

DkimSignatureValidationResult Initialize a new instance of the DkimSignatureValidationResult class.

Properties

AgentOrUserIdentifier Get the agent or user identifier.
Domain Get the signing domain.
Exception Get the exception that caused the verification to fail, if any.
Header Get the DKIM-Signature header that was verified.
Reason Get a description of why the signature did not pass.
Selector Get the selector.
SignatureAlgorithm Get the signature algorithm.
Status Get the verification status.

Methods

Equals Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object)
GetType Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object)
ToAuthenticationMethodResult Create an AuthenticationMethodResult for this result.
ToString Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object)

See Also