A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message Board
The certified mail is a value-added service that is widely used in the paper world. However, the scientific community has not yet provided a solution for certified e-mail that has achieved widespread acceptance. This lack of a certified e-mail solution is not due to a lack of proposed approaches; be...
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| author | M. Francisca Hinarejos Josep-Lluis Ferrer-Gomila Llorenc Huguet-Rotger |
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| description | The certified mail is a value-added service that is widely used in the paper world. However, the scientific community has not yet provided a solution for certified e-mail that has achieved widespread acceptance. This lack of a certified e-mail solution is not due to a lack of proposed approaches; because over the past 40 years, more than 100 protocols have been reported in journals and at conferences. The vast majority of these proposed protocols use a trusted third party (TTP) to achieve fairness. The few solutions without a TTP have not been successful due to their high computational and/or communication cost. Blockchain provides a new approach to develop the protocols without a TTP but without the prior drawbacks of the previous solutions without a TTP. Here, we present a new protocol for certified e-mail based on a blockchain without a conventional TTP that is integrated with the conventional e-mail infrastructure. The protocol is secure, efficient, and viable from a practical perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bc4d5bf9c4241d89d066e6e3946b60f2022-12-21T18:11:15ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-017313303134110.1109/ACCESS.2019.29021748654617A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message BoardM. Francisca Hinarejos0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-2614Josep-Lluis Ferrer-Gomila1Llorenc Huguet-Rotger2Department of Computer Science, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, SpainDepartment of Computer Science, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, SpainDepartment of Computer Science, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, SpainThe certified mail is a value-added service that is widely used in the paper world. However, the scientific community has not yet provided a solution for certified e-mail that has achieved widespread acceptance. This lack of a certified e-mail solution is not due to a lack of proposed approaches; because over the past 40 years, more than 100 protocols have been reported in journals and at conferences. The vast majority of these proposed protocols use a trusted third party (TTP) to achieve fairness. The few solutions without a TTP have not been successful due to their high computational and/or communication cost. Blockchain provides a new approach to develop the protocols without a TTP but without the prior drawbacks of the previous solutions without a TTP. Here, we present a new protocol for certified e-mail based on a blockchain without a conventional TTP that is integrated with the conventional e-mail infrastructure. The protocol is secure, efficient, and viable from a practical perspective.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8654617/Bitcoinblockchaincertified deliverycertified emailemail securityfair exchange |
| spellingShingle | M. Francisca Hinarejos Josep-Lluis Ferrer-Gomila Llorenc Huguet-Rotger A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message Board IEEE Access Bitcoin blockchain certified delivery certified email email security fair exchange |
| title | A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message Board |
| title_full | A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message Board |
| title_fullStr | A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message Board |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message Board |
| title_short | A Solution for Secure Certified Electronic Mail Using Blockchain as a Secure Message Board |
| title_sort | solution for secure certified electronic mail using blockchain as a secure message board |
| topic | Bitcoin blockchain certified delivery certified email email security fair exchange |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8654617/ |
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