Category: Encryption
posted in encryption on 19 Dec. 2011
Do you know how modern email protection works?
Not really? You are not alone.
For a simple picture of email encryption most people think of a box in which
they place their message that can be locked with a single key. Once the message
is in the box and the box is locked, it can safely be handed over to someone
(the mailserver) taking care of the transport to the intended recipient.
This simple picture is not too bad because, in a way, that's what happens.
But on the other hand this picture is fundamentally misleading to understand
how email encryption really works. In other words, the reality is different.
