Trusting Your E-mail with Java Security

By Theodore J. Shrader
2003-12-04

Failing scenarios

To fulfill our security requirements, we could take one of a number of actions:

Build a closed system.
Use a secret key.
Just open the message.

Each of the above routes is a possible action, although the last is of questionable value. Unfortunately, none of these actions fully meet all the requirements that we must have for a robust and secure e-business application. Let's examine these failing scenarios.

Tutorial Pages:
» Java technologies give you a complete and secure solution
» Security requirements
» Failing scenarios
» Building closed systems
» Using a secret key
» Opening the message
» Public and private keys
» Signing a message
» Signing messages with Java technologies
» Using PKCS and S/MIME
» Encrypting messages
» Conclusion

First published by IBM DeveloperWorks

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