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, certified mail, delivery platforms, and instant messaging.
Introduction; Internet Messaging -Introduction. Internet Message Format. Internet Messaging Protocols. Final Remarks. ; Cryptographic Techniques -Introduction. Cryptosystems Overview. Final Remarks.; Certificate Management -Introduction. X.509 Certificates. OpenPGP Certificates. Final Remarks. ; Secure Messaging - Threats and Attacks. Secure Messaging. Final Remarks.; OpenPGP - Origins and History. Technology. Web of Trust. Security Analysis. Final Remarks.; S/MIME - Origins and History. Technology. Certificates. Security Analysis. Final Remarks. ; Web-Based Messaging -Introduction. Service Providers. Final Remarks. ; Gateway Solutions -Introduction. Products and Solutions. Final Remarks. ; Certified Mail -Introduction. Solutions. Message Delivery Platforms. Final Remarks.; Instant Messaging -Introduction. IM Security. Off-the-Record Messaging. Final Remarks. ; Research Challenges and Open Questions - Spam Protection. P2P Principles and Technologies. New Approaches and Architectures.; Conclusions and Outlook; Appendix. Abbreviations and Acronyms. About the Author. Index;
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Rolf Oppliger
Rolf Oppliger leads eSECURITY Technologies, works for the Swiss federal administration, serves as an adjunct professor of computer science at the University of Z¸rich, Switzerland, and is the Information Security and Privacy editor at Artech House. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Berne, Switzerland.