Certified E-Mail Delivery with DSA Receipts

  • Authors:
  • Aleksandra Nenadic;Ning Zhang;Qi Shi;Carole Goble

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Manchester;University of Manchester;Liverpool John Moores University;University of Manchester

  • Venue:
  • IPDPS '05 Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'05) - Workshop 17 - Volume 18
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In this paper we present two variant protocols DSA-CEMD1 and DSA-CEMD2 for certified e-mail delivery with DSA receipts.The protocols are based on a cryptographic primitive called Verifiable and Recoverable Encryption of a Signature (VRES) and are capable of achieving non-repudiation and strong fairness security properties.The novel design of the VRES primitive allows efficiency improvements in comparison with the related certified e-mail delivery protocols based on similar primitives.The protocols employ the services of an off-line and invisible Trusted Third Party (TTP) only in case of dispute.In DSA-CEMD1 the content of the e-mail message is not revealed to the TTP during possible recovery and this is achieved at the cost of some additional cryptographic operations.In DSA-CEMD2 the confidentiality of the message is not protected from the TTP, but the protocol is slightly more efficient.