• DocumentCode
    1063945
  • Title

    Why Don´t We Encrypt Our Email?

  • Author

    Farrell, Stephen

  • Author_Institution
    Trinity Coll. Dublin, Dublin
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    82
  • Lastpage
    85
  • Abstract
    Today, almost all the programs we use to send and receive email include support for strong security mechanisms that we can apply end-to-end. But we generally don´t use those - why is that? In this article, the author briefly reviews the security features available in common mail user agents and considers what it is about those that causes us to almost universally ignore them.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; electronic mail; email user agent; encryption; security mechanism; Authentication; Cryptography; Digital signatures; Educational institutions; Postal services; Privacy; Protocols; Security; Timing; Usability; MUA; email security; encryption; mail user agents; practical security; security; usable security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2009.25
  • Filename
    4747635
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1063945