[12863] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Secure Traffic of Medical information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Thu Jun 2 03:12:37 1994
To: whitten@netcom.com (David Whitten)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: [12855] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 94 21:11:13 EDT
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
>> Could someone on this list please explain the state of the art regarding
>> sending Private information across the internet?
>>
>> BTW: sorry if this is the wrong group. I know it is related to commerce on
>> the net...
The appropriate place is the sci.crypt newsgroup, but I'll give a
short answer. (BTW, "com-priv" is short for "Commercialization and
Privitization of the Internet". Commercialization != Commerce &&
Privitization != Privacy)
There are two systems which people consider "state-of-the-art" for
confidential email on the Internet. The first is RIPEM, an
implementation of Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM), an upcoming IETF
standard. Get
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/sci.crypt/RIPEM_Frequently_Asked_Questions,
that explains more about what it is and where to get it.
The second is Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). This is a system which has
had a rough beginning, but a version officially sanctioned by the
relevant patent owner was recently released by MIT. It's not based on
any kind of standard, but has achieved wide use because it has been
easy to get, install, and use all over the world.
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html explains a little more, and also
where to get it.
Marc
