| 主权项 |
1. A secure messaging system for transmitting sMail, comprising:
a User Record Server (URS) comprising a database having a plurality of Private Electronic Mail (PEM) user accounts corresponding to a plurality of owners, each PEM user account of said plurality of PEM user accounts comprising a record that includes identifying information about each owner of said each PEM user account, including a certified legal identity for each user, an sMail address for each user to be identified to other users of the system when sending and receiving secure transactions, and authentication information for each user, and a Sender ID for said each PEM user account; an Identification Authentication System (IAS), configured to control the addition of new PEM user accounts to the URS; a registration server coupled to the User Record Server (URS), said registration server configured to create Private Electronic Mail (PEM) user accounts; a Secure Mail Delivery Agent (SMDA), coupled via network communication with said URS, said SMDA configured to provide a storage area for inbound sMail and further configured to require authentication via the URS that a Sender ID bundle in a message header of each incoming message matches the Sender ID of at least one of said plurality of PEM user accounts before delivering said incoming message; a first Secure Mail Transfer Agent (SMTA), coupled via a first connection to said SMDA and via a second connection to a public network, said first connection being encrypted, wherein said first SMTA is configured to insert a Sender ID bundle into sMail headers when routing outbound sMail, and further configured to establish encrypted channels for the transmission of sMail over a public network. |
