@article {FerrerGomilla2009, title = {Certified electronic mail: Properties revisited}, journal = {Computers \& Security}, volume = {29}, number = {2}, year = {2010}, pages = {167 - 179}, abstract = {

Certified electronic mail is an added value to traditional electronic mail. In the definition of this service some differences arise: a message in exchange for a reception proof, a message and a non repudiation of origin token in exchange for a reception proof, etc. It greatly depends on whether we want to emulate the courier service or improve the service in the electronic world. If the definition of the service seems conflictive, the definition of the properties and requirements of a good certified electronic mail protocol is even more difficult. The more consensuated features are the need of a fair exchange and the existence of a trusted third party (TTP). Each author chooses the properties that considers the most important, and many times the list is conditioned by the proposal. Which kind of TTP must be used? Must it be verifiable, transparent and/or stateless? Which features must the communication channel fulfil? Which temporal requirements must be established? What kind of fairness is desired? What efficiency level is required? Are confidentiality or transferability of the proofs compulsory properties? In this paper we collect the definitions, properties and requirements related with certified electronic mail. The aim of the paper is to create a clearer situation and analyze how some properties cannot be achieved simultaneously. Each protocol designer will have to decide which properties are the most important in the environment in where the service is to be deployed.

}, keywords = {Certified electronic mail, Fairness, Non repudiation, Properties, Timeliness, Trusted third parties}, issn = {0167-4048}, doi = {DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2009.06.009}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V8G-4WR19XR-1/2/eda89f747b077fc68fa061f213ddf6d5}, author = {Josep L. Ferrer-Gomilla and Jose A. Onieva and Magdalena Payeras and Javier Lopez} } @article {Onieva2004a, title = {Agent-mediated non-repudiation protocols}, journal = {Electronic Commerce Research and Applications}, volume = {3}, number = {2}, year = {2004}, pages = {152-162}, publisher = {Elsevier}, abstract = {

Non-repudiation is a security service that provides cryptographic evidence to support the settlement of disputes in electronic commerce. In commercial transactions, an intermediary (or agent) might be involved to help transacting parties to conduct their business. Nevertheless, such an intermediary may not be fully trusted. In this paper, we propose agent-mediated non-repudiation protocols and analyze their security requirements. We first present a simple scenario with only one recipient, followed by a more complicated framework where multiple recipients are involved and collusion between them is possible. We also identify applications that could take advantage of these agent-mediated non-repudiation protocols.

}, keywords = {Electronic commerce, fair exchange, group communications, Intermediary services, Non repudiation}, issn = {1567-4223}, author = {Jose A. Onieva and Jianying Zhou and Javier Lopez and Mildrey Carbonell} } @article {Onieva2004c, title = {Non-repudiation Protocols for Multiple Entities}, journal = {Computer Communications}, volume = {27}, number = {16}, year = {2004}, pages = {1608-1616}, abstract = {

Non-repudiation is a security service that provides cryptographic evidence to support the settlement of disputes. In this paper, we introduce the state-of-the-art of non-repudiation protocols for multiple entities. We extend an existing multi-party non-repudiation (MPNR) protocol to allow an originator to send different messages to many recipients in a single transaction. We further propose an optimistic multi-party non-repudiation protocol for exchange of different messages. The performance of our protocols with enhanced functionalities is still promising in comparison with existing MPNR protocols.

}, keywords = {Electronic commerce, fair exchange, group communications, Non repudiation, Security protocol}, issn = {0140-3664}, author = {Jose A. Onieva and Jianying Zhou and Javier Lopez} }