Security

This area is for listing all possible email features related to security. OSAF will eventually prioritize this list to determine which features will go in which releases.

Note that a lot of security issues -- SSL, Kerberos, APOP, etc -- are listed on the Possible Email Configuration Features page.

• Public key infrastructure
• Enable/disable specific HTML and email features based on security risk
• Andy Hertzfeld's automatic secure email proposal, Brad Templeton's similar paper, Andy and Brad's consensus position
• Secure connections (e.g. "no passwords in cleartext")

External Resources

Web resources:

• Herbivore automatic secure email
• KeyNote Trust Management System
• CLIQUES secure group communication
• Google's PKI page (Public Key Infrastructure)
• "A Security Kernel Based on the Lambda Calculus" by Jonathan Rees

Mailing list messages:

• Paul Snively suggests some alternative technologies
• Simon asks for full PGP support
• Tim Uckun asks for secure connections

Contributors

• ChaoLam - 10 Jan 2003
• DuckySherwood - 23 Jan 2003