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Lightweight Encryption for Email

Abstract: 

Email encryption techniques have been available for more than a decade, yet none has been widely deployed. The problems of key generation, certification, and distribution have not been pragmatically addressed. We recently proposed a method for implementing a Lightweight Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for email authentication using recent developments in identitybased cryptography and today's existing Internet infrastructure.

While this solution works well for email authentication, email encryption exhibits a different threat model that requires special treatment. In this work, we discuss how to achieve email encryption and present a realistic deployment and adoption process, while respecting the current functionality and expectations of email.

Ben Adida, MIT

Susan Hohenberger, MIT

Ronald L. Rivest, MIT

BibTeX
@inproceedings {269272,
author = {Ben Adida and Susan Hohenberger and Ronald L. Rivest},
title = {Lightweight Encryption for Email},
booktitle = {Steps to Reducing Unwanted Traffic on the Internet Workshop (SRUTI 05)},
year = {2005},
address = {Cambridge, MA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/sruti-05/lightweight-encryption-email},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jul,
}
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Paper: 
http://usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sruti05/tech/full_papers/adida/adida.pdf
Slides: 
http://usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/sruti05/tech/talks/adida.pdf
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