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Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de)
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 10:08:27 +0100
Blake Coverett wrote:
> To encrypt a file, the user must first request a permit from the TESS -
> TriStrata Enterprise Security Server. This permit contains information which
> allows the user to encrypt the file at his local workstation. Along with the
> permit, the TESS also sends a seal. The seal is attached to the encrypted
> document. Only the TESS can open the seal - the data in the seal is not
> accessible to the user. The document with the seal attached can now be
> emailed, stored on a common file server, or transmitted in any manner. The
> seal contains all the information necessary to decrypt the document. To
> decrypt a file, a request for decryption is sent to the TESS along with the
> seal. A permit is returned from the TESS allowing the decryption to be
> performed locally.
What if the TESS server happens to be down?
M. K. Shen
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:13:59