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THIRD-PARTY ISSUER | |||
1) APPLY for digital ID from third-party issuer | verification | ||||
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2) RECEIVE personal ID; it comprises a certificate and a private key |
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3) OBTAIN digital ID of intended correspondents |
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4) ENTER correspondents' IDs into your Outlook Express address book |
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"Certificate includes a public key: it's a unique identifier of your messages." "Private key is a very large number that's stored only on your computer." |
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5) COMPOSE e-mail as usual |
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"You have now digitally signed the message. This means the Outlook Express software on your computer has generated a unique number that ties the message to your digital ID." |
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6) CLICK Digital Signature icon | |||
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7) CLICK Encryption icon |
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"You have now taken the content of the message and encoded it so that it will be unviewable in transit." | |||
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"Correspondent B is able to read A's message because B's computer can pair B's public key, used by the sender, to B's private key, stored on B's computer, to "unlock" the message." | ||||
8) CLICK Send |
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CORRESPONDENT | |||||
Apply for digital ID from third-party issuer |