PowMail : want to fork? : do some work
Name
940992110-MIT.pdf
Description
Full printable version
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4.53 MB
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Author(s)
Tomescu, Alin (Ioan Alin Tomescu Nicolescu)
Advisor(s)
Srinivas Devadas.
Date Issued
2015
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
We design and implement PowMail, a secure email framework that uses proof-of-work to prevent impersonation attacks. PowMail uses a novel authenticated data structure called a Po W-tree to enable email users to jointly certify the history of all users' public keys. An implementation is given in the Go programming language. We evaluate PowMail and demonstrate its feasibility for securing email communications today.
Description
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-79).
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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