• DocumentCode
    1436830
  • Title

    Securing your e-mail

  • Author

    McCandless, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    2
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    For e-mail at least, I can safely say security has arrived. I provide an overview of cryptography and the protocols that enable it to work with e-mail. I explain the need for secure e-mail. I provide a short lesson on cryptography. I discuss the human and legal aspects, and I explain how to try out secure e-mail
  • Keywords
    access protocols; cryptography; electronic mail; security of data; cryptography; e-mail; legal aspects; protocols; secure e-mail; security; Computer security; Cryptographic protocols; Earth; Electronic mail; Elliptic curve cryptography; Information security; NIST; Postal services; Public key; Public key cryptography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems and their Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1094-7167
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5254.722338
  • Filename
    722338
    • Link To Document
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