hello,
email has been a concern for possible privacy violations, sniffing, etc. for
quite some time. It's in business environments where this is most critical
as well: to expediate a time saving business function communication- email
is remitted and accepted as fast as lightning. Security can also goes out
the window. Different encryption designs may or may not be compatible w/
other encryption methods. How can a firewall 'block' a serious
inbound/outbound multimullion dollar business deal to protect it's security?
Antivirus scanners are already in place as well as trojan detectors in
email. But an innocent business email can be subject to scrutiny without
anyone knowing otherwise...
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:14:44 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Crypto - mail attachments, docs
There is MailVault from Authentica
(www.authentica.com).
MailVault - How it Works
How E-mail is accessed and used is determined by the
sender, who creates
"policies" or sets of criteria that indicate how any
one individual or group
may access or use an e-mail message. These policies are
stored on
Authentica's Policy Server and can be changed at a
moment's notice, even
after the e-mail has been sent. On the sender's PC,
MailVault integrates
into the mail client as a plug-in, and is compatible
with popular
shrink-wrapped e-mail software such as Microsoft?
Outlook?, Outlook Express,
and Eudora.
The sender encrypts the e-mail message by selecting the
MailVault icon and
selects the policies that will determine how and when
the recipient can
access and use the e-mail before sending the message.
The e-mail is then
registered on the Authentica Policy Server. When the
recipient attempts to
open the e-mail message a dialog box appears, asking
for a user name and
password or a stronger authentication method. The
recipient's computer then
connects to the sender's policy server, which provides
a key allowing the
e-mail to be opened. If the e-mail message is sent to a
recipient who does
not have the MailVault plug-in they are guided through
a step-by-step
process for installing the plug-in. If the recipient is
accessing mail
messages from a un-supported mail client then a
Universal reader is
downloaded to allow access.
MailVault's control extends across any intranet,
extranet, and the Internet
because use and access privileges are only granted by
the sender's policy
server. Access to and use of messages is re-granted
each and every time.
This assures persistent control - even across the
Internet.
Don't know about the price yet.
Haven't tested or used it or know somebody who does.
Maybe somebody else knows more on this.
Erwin
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