Secure Messaging on the Internet / Rolf Oppliger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oppliger, Rolf, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic mail messages--Security measures.

Electronic mail messages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Distribution:

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2014]

Place of Publication:

Boston : Artech House, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of secure Internet messaging, and brings together all the relevant and critical information needed to use OpenPGP and S/MIME-compliant software. It explores the conceptual and technical approaches followed by the developers of both OpenPGP and S/MIME, and gives a thorough treatment of the latest and most-effective technologies for secure messaging. Ideal for security and network managers, as well as professional system and network administrators, this easy-to-understand book is a complete guide to OpenPGP, S/MIME, Web-based and gateway solutions,

Contents:

Secure Messaging on the Internet; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; References; Chapter 2 Internet Messaging; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 INTERNET MESSAGE FORMAT; 2.2.1 Header Section; 2.2.2 Message Body; 2.2.3 MIME; 2.3 INTERNET MESSAGING PROTOCOLS; 2.3.1 Message Transfer and Delivery; 2.3.2 Message Store Access; 2.3.3 Directory Access; 2.4 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 3 Cryptographic Techniques; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.1.1 Preliminary Remarks; 3.1.2 Cryptographic Systems; 3.1.3 Classes of Cryptographic Systems; 3.1.4 Secure Cryptosystems.

3.1.5 Historical Background Information3.2 CRYPTOSYSTEMS OVERVIEW; 3.2.1 Unkeyed Cryptosystems; 3.2.2 Secret Key Cryptosystems; 3.2.3 Public Key Cryptosystems; 3.3 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 4 Certificate Management; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 X.509 CERTIFICATES; 4.2.1 Certificate Format; 4.2.2 Hierarchical Trust Model; 4.3 OpenPGP CERTIFICATES; 4.3.1 Certificate Format; 4.3.2 Cumulative Trust Model; 4.4 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 5 Secure Messaging ; 5.1 THREATS AND ATTACKS; 5.1.1 Passive Attacks; 5.1.2 Active Attacks; 5.2 SECURE MESSAGING.

5.2.1 What Does "Secure Messaging" Mean?5.2.2 How Can "Secure Messaging" Be Implemented?; 5.3 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 6 OpenPGP ; 6.1 ORIGINS AND HISTORY; 6.2 TECHNOLOGY; 6.2.1 Preliminary Remarks; 6.2.2 Key ID; 6.2.3 Message Format; 6.2.4 PGP/MIME; 6.2.5 Supported Algorithms; 6.2.6 Message Processing; 6.2.7 Cryptographic Keys; 6.3 WEB OF TRUST; 6.3.1 Keyrings; 6.3.2 Trust Establishment; 6.3.3 Key Revocation; 6.3.4 Key Servers; 6.4 SECURITY ANALYSIS; 6.4.1 Specification; 6.4.2 Implementations; 6.5 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 7 S/MIME ; 7.1 ORIGINS AND HISTORY; 7.2 TECHNOLOGY.

7.2.1 Message Formats7.2.2 Cryptographic Algorithms; 7.2.3 Attributes; 7.2.4 Enhanced Security Services; 7.3 CERTIFICATES; 7.4 SECURITY ANALYSIS; 7.5 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 8 Web-Based Messaging ; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 SERVICE PROVIDERS; 8.3 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 9 Gateway Solutions; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS; 9.2.1 Totemomail Encryption Gateway; 9.2.2 SEPPmail; 9.3 FINAL REMARKS; Reference; Chapter 10 Certified Mail ; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 SOLUTIONS; 10.2.1 Ad Hoc Solutions; 10.2.2 TTP-Based Solutions; 10.3 MESSAGE DELIVERY PLATFORMS.

10.4 FINAL REMARKSReferences; Chapter 11 Instant Messaging; 11.1 INTRODUCTION; 11.2 IM SECURITY; 11.3 OFF-THE-RECORDMESSAGING; 11.4 FINAL REMARKS; References; Chapter 12 Research Challenges and Open Questions; 12.1 SPAM PROTECTION; 12.2 P2P PRINCIPLES AND TECHNOLOGIES; 12.3 NEW APPROACHES AND ARCHITECTURES; References; Chapter 13 Conclusions and Outlook; Appendix A Character Sets; A.1 ASCII; A.2 ISO/IEC 8859; A.3 UNICODE; A.4 ISO/IEC 10646-1, UCS, AND UTF-8; Reference; Appendix B Transfer Encoding Schemes; B.1 QUOTED-PRINTABLE; B.2 UU; B.3 BASE-64; B.4 RADIX-64; Reference.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60807-718-7