Flaws in an E-mail protocol

Recently, a paper by Sun, Hsieh and Hwang (2005) proposed two methods of retrieving E-mail from a central E-mail server that claimed to have forward secrecy. A critique of one of the algorithms was proposed. In particular, the forward secrecy of the second proposed protocol was broken.

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE communications letters 2005-08, Vol.9 (8), p.718-719
Main Author: Dent, A.W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cryptography
Electronic mail
Hybrid power systems
Information security
Network servers
Protocols
Public key
Sun
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Summary:Recently, a paper by Sun, Hsieh and Hwang (2005) proposed two methods of retrieving E-mail from a central E-mail server that claimed to have forward secrecy. A critique of one of the algorithms was proposed. In particular, the forward secrecy of the second proposed protocol was broken.
ISSN:1089-7798
1558-2558
DOI:10.1109/LCOMM.2005.1496593