Re: Secure e-Mail NG?

Hi Anders,

also if it doesn't represent an answer to your points of interest it could
be interesting to have a look at the following draft:

http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-gennai-smime-cnipa-pec/

that describes a system currently used in Italy.

It is more oriented to "certified email" than "secured email".

Francesco 
 
> As an active e-mail user I have always found email indispensable.
> That e-mail also is the least secure messaging system there is of course 
> a nuisance.

> Although e-mail hast lost some of its importance to other communication 
> systems, I still think it is worth an upgrade.

> STARTTLS is nice but its key handling and integration in e-mail clients is 
> not particularly useful.  Sending non-encrypted messages should be an 
> exception.

> IMHO, STARTTLS, DOMKEY and email clients could be combined so that we
> get domain-secured e-mail as default.

> Or is it better to create an entirely new messaging system to get rid of 
> the legacy?

> I believe the update frequency of today makes client upgrades a no-issue.

> Anders
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