<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with the security of e-mail messages and e-mail server implementation by means of a transparent SMTP proxy. The security features include encryption and signing of transported messages. The goal is to design and implement a software proxy for secure e-mail including its monitoring, administration, encryption and signing keys administration. In particular, we focus on automatic public key on-the-fly encryption and signing of e-mail messages according to S/MIME standard by means of an embedded computer system whose function can be briefly described as a brouter with transparent SMTP proxy.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with the security of e-mail messages and e-mail server implementation by means of a transparent SMTP proxy. The security features include encryption and signing of transported messages. The goal is to design and implement a software proxy for secure e-mail including its monitoring, administration, encryption and signing keys administration. In particular, we focus on automatic public key on-the-fly encryption and signing of e-mail messages according to S/MIME standard by means of an embedded computer system whose function can be briefly described as a brouter with transparent SMTP proxy.

Transparent Proxy for Secure E-Mail

Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies, Slovak University of Technology, Ilkovičova 3, 842 16 Bratislava, Slovakia

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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The paper deals with the security of e-mail messages and e-mail server implementation by means of a transparent SMTP proxy. The security features include...

Transparent Proxy for Secure E-Mail

Published Online: Jun 07, 2011

Page range: 183 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-010-0026-3

Keywords
security of e-mail messages, encryption, signing, software proxy, S/MIME standard, transparent SMTP Proxy

This content is open access.

Transparent Proxy for Secure E-Mail

Published Online: Jun 07, 2011

Page range: 183 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-010-0026-3

Keywordssecurity of e-mail messages, encryption, signing, software proxy, S/MIME standard, transparent SMTP Proxy

This content is open access.

Keywords
security of e-mail messages, encryption, signing, software proxy, S/MIME standard, transparent SMTP Proxy