Network Security Essentials — Notes6. Email Security

Two major schemes for Email Security: PGP and S/MIME

1.PGP: A package of five services

  a.Authentication   — Digital Signature by HASH + RSA

  b.Confidentiality 

      i.Generate a one-time symmertric key for each msg

     ii.Distribute this key by encrypting it with receiver’s public key  

  c.Compression

  d.Email Compatibility

  e.Sementation

2.S/MIMIE: Let’s review it later

 

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