Re: E-mail, S/MIME, Digital Signatures & Encryption - HELP!
From: jpd (read_the_sig_at_do.not.spam.it.invalid)
Date: 02/05/05
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Date: 5 Feb 2005 00:45:19 GMT
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On 2005-02-03, Les Ismore <DetroitMetroGnome@gmail.com> wrote:
> My company was recently awarded a project to develop software for a
> customer. The software is required to digitally sign and encrypt
> documents before transmitting them via SMTP to the recipient. The
> customer has specifically stated that S/MIME v2 must be used and the
> platform is UNIX/Linux.
>
> My knowledge of internet security is minimal, at best.
You scare me.
You could try and read on, for example, here:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/
You're in for a couple of years worth of background and learning from
other people's misteaks. Or you could hire someone who actually knows
what (s)he is talking about. To do it right you probably should.
Mind that lots of components are available, even for free, on the 'net
already. Cobbling them together the right way is a different matter.
-- j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l . And mind that I am neither prepared nor qualified to properly negotiate this particular minefield.
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