@InProceedings{AHR05b, author = { Ben Adida and Susan Hohenberger and Ronald L. Rivest }, title = { Lightweight Encryption for Email }, pages = { 93--99 }, url = { http://www.usenix.org/events/sruti05/tech/adida.html }, booktitle = { Proceedings 2005 Workshop on Steps to Reducing Unwanted Traffic on the Internet }, editor = { Dina Katabi and Balachander Krishnamurthy }, publisher = { USENIX }, date = { 2005 }, OPTyear = { 2005 }, OPTmonth = { July 7, }, eventdate = { 2005-07-07 }, eventtitle = { SRUTI '05 }, venue = { Cambridge, MA }, OPTorganization = { USENIX }, abstract = { Email encryption techniques have been available for more than a decade, yet none has been widely deployed. The problems of key generation, certification, and distribution have not been pragmatically addressed. We recently proposed a method for implementing a Lightweight Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for email authentication using recent developments in identity-based cryptography and today's existing Internet infrastructure. \par While this solution works well for email authentication, email encryption exhibits a different threat model that requires special treatment. In this work, we discuss how to achieve email encryption and present a realistic deployment and adoption process, while respecting the current functionality and expectations of email. }, }