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MimeKit

DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase Class

A base class for implemnentations of IDkimPublicKeyLocator.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  MimeKit.CryptographyDkimPublicKeyLocatorBase

Namespace: MimeKit.Cryptography
Assembly: MimeKit (in MimeKit.dll) Version: 4.3.0
Syntax
C#
public abstract class DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase : IDkimPublicKeyLocator

The DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase type exposes the following members.

Constructors
 NameDescription
Protected methodDkimPublicKeyLocatorBaseInitializes a new instance of the DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase class
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Methods
 NameDescription
Public methodEquals
(Inherited from Object)
Protected methodFinalize
(Inherited from Object)
Public methodGetHashCode
(Inherited from Object)
Protected methodStatic memberGetPublicKey Get the public key from a DNS TXT record.
Public methodGetType
(Inherited from Object)
Public methodCode exampleLocatePublicKey Locate and retrieve the public key for the given domain and selector.
Public methodCode exampleLocatePublicKeyAsync Asynchronously locate and retrieve the public key for the given domain and selector.
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
(Inherited from Object)
Public methodToString
(Inherited from Object)
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Remarks
The DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase class provides a helpful method for parsing DNS TXT records in order to extract the public key.
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 suported 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.");
        }
    }
}
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