Why Johnny can’t encrypt: A usability evaluation of PGP 5.0

8th USENIX Security Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Whitten, Alma ^a   Tygar, J D ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; SECURITY OF DATA;

COGNITIVE WALKTHROUGH; COMPUTER USERS; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; SECURITY FAILURE; SECURITY PROGRAMS; USABILITY EVALUATION; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS; USER TESTS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 85084161247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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