Chapter 18. Secure E-mail

In this chapter

  • Understanding secure e-mail.

  • Learning how e-mail security works.

  • Knowing how to get a digital certificate.

  • Learning how to change settings for secure e-mails

  • Understanding how to send and receive secure e-mails.

Most e-mail is sent using normal text, which anyone can intercept and read. Received e-mails are trusted based on who seems to have sent them, but the identity of the sender usually can't be proved. Secure e-mail, which you will learn about in this chapter, is used to provide a solution to both problems.

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