• DocumentCode
    1158081
  • Title

    Authenticating multicast Internet electronic mail messages using a bidirectional MAC is insecure

  • Author

    Mitchell, Chris J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., London Univ., UK
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    505
  • Lastpage
    507
  • Abstract
    The 1988 version of the message encryption and authentication procedures for Internet electronic mail makes use of bidirectional MAC (BMAC). When used for multicast electronic mail it is important that this BMAC act as a one-way function. It is shown that it is not a one-way function, which means that the BMAC technique should not be used for authenticating multicast messages
  • Keywords
    cryptography; electronic mail; Internet electronic mail; authentication; bidirectional MAC; message encryption; multicast electronic mail; Authentication; Code standards; Computer science; Cryptography; Electronic mail; Internet; Postal services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/12.135563
  • Filename
    135563
    • Link To Document
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