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Privacy enhanced mail design and implementation perspectives

Authors:

D. F. Hadj Sadok,

Judith KelnerAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 24, Issue 3

Pages 38 - 46

https://doi.org/10.1145/193285.193294

Published: 01 July 1994 Publication History

Abstract

The introduction of public key crypto-systems has opened the way to using security in distributed applications without imposing huge management overhead. Electronic mail is one area where security is important. Privacy Enhanced Mail is emerging as a de-facto international standard for the interchange of secure e-mail.This paper discusses some of the current problematic issues of PEM and introduces a PEM User Agent developed to test some of its concepts. A number of PEM design and implementation issues are explained and a conclusion on the future directions of PEM and other related work is given.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60340-X

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cover image ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review Volume 24, Issue 3

July 1994

87 pages

ISSN:0146-4833

DOI:10.1145/193285

Editor:
David Oran
Digital Equipment Corp., Littleton, MA

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Schneier B(2015)ReferencesApplied Cryptography, Second Edition10.1002/9781119183471.refs(675-741)Online publication date: 9-Oct-2015
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119183471.refs
Hauser R(1997)Control of Information Distribution and Access10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60340-X(219-283)Online publication date: 1997
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60340-X

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