SELS: a secure e-mail list service

Exchange of private information content among a large number of users via E-mail List Services is becoming increasingly common. In this paper we address security requirements in that setting and develop a new protocol, SELS (a Secure E-mail List Service) that provides confidentiality, integrity, and authentication for e-mails exchanged via lists. In addition, SELS also protects against the use of lists for e-mail spamming. We have developed a prototype of SELS in Java, and integrated it with the Eudora e-mail client. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.4.3 [Communications Applications]: Electronic Mail; C.2.0 [General]: Security Keywords Electronic mail, Mailing List, Security

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: SAC
• Authors: Himanshu Khurana, Adam J. Slagell, Rafael Bonilla
• Keywords: Applied Computing, E-mail List Service, SAC 2005, Secure E-mail List, SELS