Secure Messaging with PGP and S/MIME

Rolf Oppliger is the founder and owner of eSECURITY Technologies Rolf Oppliger (www.esecurity.ch) and works for the Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technology (FSUIT) . He is also the author of Security Technologies for the World Wide Web (Artech House, 1999) , Internet and Intranet Security (Artech House, 1998), and Authentication Systems for Secure Networks (Artech House, 1996). Dr. Oppliger is the computer security series editor at Artech House. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Berne, Switzerland, and the Venia Legendi in Computer Science from the University of Z?rich, Switzerland).

Fundamentals: Introduction. Character Sets, Message Formats, and Encoding Schemes. Internet Messaging. Cryptographic Techniques. ASN.1 and Encoding Rules. PGP: History and Development. Technological Approach. Web of Trust. Standardization and Products. Conclusions and Outlook. S/MIME: History and Development. Technological Approach. Public Key Infrastructure. Standardization and Products. Conclusions and Outlook. Epilogue: Comparison. Outlook.