• Author:
  • Schneier, Bruce
• Subject:
  Computer Science
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  11/01/1995
• Price:
  $67.99
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Using non-technical, jargon-free language, it takes a look at the issues of privacy in E-mail, rates the security of the most popular E-mail programs and offers practical solutions in the form of two leading-edge encryption programs, Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). Highlights the potential problems with the security systems of the most popular commercial E-mail products including Lotus cc:Mail, DaVinci Mail, Microsoft Mail and the Apple Open Collaborative Environment. Anecdotes, dramatizing the vulnerability of many so-called ``secure'' communications systems, are also included.

BRUCE SCHNEIER is a security consultant and President of Counterpane Systems. He is a contributing editor to Dr. Dobb's Journal, a frequent lecturer, and the author of Applied Cryptography.

PRIVACY AND ELECTRONIC MAIL.

The Problem.

Encryption.

Key Management.

Authentication.

Certificates.

Keeping Your Private Key Private.

Odds and Ends.

Patents, Governments, and Export Laws.

ACHIEVING ELECTRONIC-MAIL PRIVACY.

Requirements and Features.

Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM).

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).

Comparing PGP and PEM.

Attacks Against PGP and PEM.

Appendices.

Index.