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"Take Five"
In Internet
Security (Read
the Compact Version)
The top security problem facing Internet users
today is not email or even about email, however
it deeply affects email security. This problem
is well-known yet we meekly accept it "as it
is" everyday. But the paradigm may shift in
five minutes.
Ed Gerck, Ph.D. and Vernon Neppe, M.D.,
Ph.D.
The email
security-usability dichotomy: Necessary
antinomy or potential synergism?
(PDF)
Consensus-based analytic metrics for usability
and security are applied to rate available
secure email systems, thereby calculating a
respective score for each system tested,
including X.509/PKI, PGP, Voltage (IBE), and
ZSentry Mail (Zmail).
Vernon Neppe, M.D., Ph.D.
Secure Email
Technologies X.509 / PKI, PGP, IBE, AND ZMAIL -
A Usability & Security Comparison
(PDF)
The comparison is based on a list of 33
desirable secure email features and 17
shortcomings (attacks and problems), as a
metric for quantitative evaluation. Usability
and Security Scores are defined and take into
account the use environment.
Ed Gerck, Ph.D.
Comparison Of Secure
Email Technologies - X.509 / PKI, PGP, and
IBE
Specification of desirable features as well as
a list of attacks or problems that can affect
secure email.
Ed Gerck, Ph.D.
Overview of
Certification Systems: X.509, CA, PGP and
SKIP (PDF)
This work deals with digital certification
issues. Of relevance to secure email,
X.509/PKIX Certificates, Certification
Authorities (CAs), and PGP are reviewed.
Ed Gerck, Ph.D.
What Email Needs,
Part I
A discussion paper. If email needs security,
why is email encryption not used?
Ed Gerck, Ph.D.
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