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We show that the protocol for certified mail delivery of Ferrer-Gomila and others [2] may exhibit contradictory behavior when the recipient is not well behaved. As a consequence, properties such as non-repudiation of reception and fairness may not hold. We also present a solution for this weakness which has minimal cost.
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Ferrer-Gomila, J. L. and Payeras-Capellà, M. and Rotger, L.H., “An Efficient Protocol for Certified Electronic Mail”, Third International Workshop-ISW 2000 (Berlin) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1975, Springer-Verlag 2000, pp. 237–248.
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Monteiro, J.R.M., Dahab, R. (2002). An Attack on a Protocol for Certified Delivery. In: Chan, A.H., Gligor, V. (eds) Information Security. ISC 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2433. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45811-5_33
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