Secure Messaging on the Internet
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2014
282 pages
978-1-60807-718-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Rolf Oppliger
Secure Messaging on the Internet
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Artech House Publishers
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Content
- Secure Messaging on the Internet
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- References
- Chapter 2 Internet Messaging
- 2.1 INTRODUCTION
- 2.2 INTERNET MESSAGE FORMAT
- 2.2.1 Header Section
- 2.2.2 Message Body
- 2.2.3 MIME
- 2.3 INTERNET MESSAGING PROTOCOLS
- 2.3.1 Message Transfer and Delivery
- 2.3.2 Message Store Access
- 2.3.3 Directory Access
- 2.4 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 3 Cryptographic Techniques
- 3.1 INTRODUCTION
- 3.1.1 Preliminary Remarks
- 3.1.2 Cryptographic Systems
- 3.1.3 Classes of Cryptographic Systems
- 3.1.4 Secure Cryptosystems
- 3.1.5 Historical Background Information
- 3.2 CRYPTOSYSTEMS OVERVIEW
- 3.2.1 Unkeyed Cryptosystems
- 3.2.2 Secret Key Cryptosystems
- 3.2.3 Public Key Cryptosystems
- 3.3 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 4 Certificate Management
- 4.1 INTRODUCTION
- 4.2 X.509 CERTIFICATES
- 4.2.1 Certificate Format
- 4.2.2 Hierarchical Trust Model
- 4.3 OpenPGP CERTIFICATES
- 4.3.1 Certificate Format
- 4.3.2 Cumulative Trust Model
- 4.4 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 5 Secure Messaging
- 5.1 THREATS AND ATTACKS
- 5.1.1 Passive Attacks
- 5.1.2 Active Attacks
- 5.2 SECURE MESSAGING
- 5.2.1 What Does "Secure Messaging" Mean?
- 5.2.2 How Can "Secure Messaging" Be Implemented?
- 5.3 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 6 OpenPGP
- 6.1 ORIGINS AND HISTORY
- 6.2 TECHNOLOGY
- 6.2.1 Preliminary Remarks
- 6.2.2 Key ID
- 6.2.3 Message Format
- 6.2.4 PGP/MIME
- 6.2.5 Supported Algorithms
- 6.2.6 Message Processing
- 6.2.7 Cryptographic Keys
- 6.3 WEB OF TRUST
- 6.3.1 Keyrings
- 6.3.2 Trust Establishment
- 6.3.3 Key Revocation
- 6.3.4 Key Servers
- 6.4 SECURITY ANALYSIS
- 6.4.1 Specification
- 6.4.2 Implementations
- 6.5 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 7 S/MIME
- 7.1 ORIGINS AND HISTORY
- 7.2 TECHNOLOGY
- 7.2.1 Message Formats
- 7.2.2 Cryptographic Algorithms
- 7.2.3 Attributes
- 7.2.4 Enhanced Security Services
- 7.3 CERTIFICATES
- 7.4 SECURITY ANALYSIS
- 7.5 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 8 Web-Based Messaging
- 8.1 INTRODUCTION
- 8.2 SERVICE PROVIDERS
- 8.3 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 9 Gateway Solutions
- 9.1 INTRODUCTION
- 9.2 PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS
- 9.2.1 Totemomail Encryption Gateway
- 9.2.2 SEPPmail
- 9.3 FINAL REMARKS
- Reference
- Chapter 10 Certified Mail
- 10.1 INTRODUCTION
- 10.2 SOLUTIONS
- 10.2.1 Ad Hoc Solutions
- 10.2.2 TTP-Based Solutions
- 10.3 MESSAGE DELIVERY PLATFORMS
- 10.4 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 11 Instant Messaging
- 11.1 INTRODUCTION
- 11.2 IM SECURITY
- 11.3 OFF-THE-RECORDMESSAGING
- 11.4 FINAL REMARKS
- References
- Chapter 12 Research Challenges and Open Questions
- 12.1 SPAM PROTECTION
- 12.2 P2P PRINCIPLES AND TECHNOLOGIES
- 12.3 NEW APPROACHES AND ARCHITECTURES
- References
- Chapter 13 Conclusions and Outlook
- Appendix A Character Sets
- A.1 ASCII
- A.2 ISO/IEC 8859
- A.3 UNICODE
- A.4 ISO/IEC 10646-1, UCS, AND UTF-8
- Reference
- Appendix B Transfer Encoding Schemes
- B.1 QUOTED-PRINTABLE
- B.2 UU
- B.3 BASE-64
- B.4 RADIX-64
- Reference
- Appendix C ASN.1 and Encoding Rules
- C.1 ASN.1-X.680
- C.1.1 Simple Types
- C.1.2 Structured Types
- C.1.3 Tagged Types
- C.1.4 Other Types
- C.2 ENCODING RULES-X.690
- References
- Appendix D Public Key Cryptography Standards
- References
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- About the Author
- Index
