On the Implementation of a Secure Email System with ID-based Encryption

Abstract

Email continues to be the major business correspondence tool as one of the most regularly used means of communication and collaboration today. The unsecured nature of email, however, can cause unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. Currently, many email systems are based on schemes such as S/MIME,PGP and PKI to secure communication. However, authentication methods utilized in these systems can become costly with the growing burden of certificate management and pre-enrolment as the number of users increases. In this paper, a secure email framework while taking into account Identity-Based Encryption without pairing is considered. The proposed system provides secure email environment that eliminates PKI hassles with effortless key creation and management.