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We present protocols for enhancing e-mail systems to allow for secure revocation of messages. This paper identifies the security requirements for e-mail revocation and then shows how our protocols adhere to these requirements. Three different levels of security and threat models are described. We discuss our implementation of the level 1 protocol, which assumes no security infrastructure. The protocols were designed so that existing mailers can easily be enhanced with these new features.
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Rubin, A.D., Boneh, D., Fu, K. (1997). Revocation of unread e-mail in an untrusted network. In: Varadharajan, V., Pieprzyk, J., Mu, Y. (eds) Information Security and Privacy. ACISP 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1270. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027944
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