Network Security Essentials - Notes6. Email Security

Network Security Essentials -- Notes6. Email SecurityTwo major schemes for Email Security: PGP and

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