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Revocation of unread e-mail in an untrusted network

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Information Security and Privacy (ACISP 1997)

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Abstract

We present protocols for enhancing e-mail systems to allow for secure revocation of messages. This paper identifies the security requirements for e-mail revocation and then shows how our protocols adhere to these requirements. Three different levels of security and threat models are described. We discuss our implementation of the level 1 protocol, which assumes no security infrastructure. The protocols were designed so that existing mailers can easily be enhanced with these new features.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. AT&T Labs, 600 Mountain Ave., 07974, Murray Hill, NJ

    Aviel D. Rubin

  2. Bellcore, 445 South St., 07960, Morristown, NJ

    Dan Boneh

  3. Computer Science Dept, M.I.T, 02139, Cambridge, MA

    Kevin Fu

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  1. Aviel D. Rubin
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Vijay Varadharajan Josef Pieprzyk Yi Mu

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Rubin, A.D., Boneh, D., Fu, K. (1997). Revocation of unread e-mail in an untrusted network. In: Varadharajan, V., Pieprzyk, J., Mu, Y. (eds) Information Security and Privacy. ACISP 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1270. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027944

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