A secure e-mail protocol for mobile devices

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5353-5362

  Chang, Chin Chen ^a,b   Lee, Chia Yin ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E mail; Man in the middle attack; Mobile devices; Perfect forward secrecy

Indexed keywords

E-MAIL PROTOCOL; MAN IN THE MIDDLE ATTACKS; NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS; PERFECT FORWARD SECRECY; PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY;

MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NETWORK SECURITY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 80052463851     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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