An improved e-mail security protocol

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	B. Schneier, C. Hall, "An improved e-mail security protocol," Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual, pp. 227, 13th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC '97), 1997.

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	@article{ 10.1109/CSAC.1997.646194, author = {B. Schneier and C. Hall}, title = {An improved e-mail security protocol}, journal ={Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual}, volume = {0}, year = {1997}, isbn = {0-8186-8274-4}, pages = {227}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSAC.1997.646194}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual TI - An improved e-mail security protocol SN - 0-8186-8274-4 SP EP A1 - B. Schneier, A1 - C. Hall, PY - 1997 KW - electronic mail; electronic mail security protocol; secrecy; long-term private key; message decryption; encryption; short-term private-key/public-key key pairs; vulnerability VL - 0 JA - Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual ER -

B. Schneier, Counterpane Syst., Minneapolis, MN, USA

C. Hall, Counterpane Syst., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Current e-mail security systems base their security on the secrecy of the long-term private key. If this private key is ever compromised, an attacker can decrypt any messages-past, present or future-encrypted with the corresponding public key. The system described in this paper uses short-term private-key/public-key key pairs to reduce the magnitude of this vulnerability.

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electronic mail; electronic mail security protocol; secrecy; long-term private key; message decryption; encryption; short-term private-key/public-key key pairs; vulnerability

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B. Schneier, C. Hall, "An improved e-mail security protocol," acsac, pp.227, 13th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC '97), 1997

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