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This paper examines certified mail delivery in postal systems and derives the essential requirements that may be met by a service called certified electronic mail. Protocols are presented to demonstrate how various flavours of certified electronic mail services may be implemented.
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Zhou, J., Gollmann, D. (1996). Certified electronic mail. In: Bertino, E., Kurth, H., Martella, G., Montolivo, E. (eds) Computer Security — ESORICS 96. ESORICS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1146. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61770-1_35
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