Albert Levi – Communications of the ACM

Opinion Jul 1 2003

Security is of particular importance when sensitive information is sent through the Web. Users must rely on the security of the browser’s Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Although the closed-padlock icon in a browser window depicts a secure connection, it does not imply a totally risk-free secure connection. Whenever the padlock is snapped or a […]

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Opinion Aug 1 2001

Inside Risks: Risks in Email Security

It is easy to create bogus email with someone else’s email name and address: SMTP servers don’t check sender authenticity. Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) can help, as can digital signatures and globally-known trustworthy certification authorities (CAs) that issue certificates. The recipient’s email software verifies the sender’s certificate to determine his or her public key, […]

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