摘要 |
End-to-end encryption method for emails sent from a sender ( 1 ) to a recipient ( 6 ), comprising the following steps: the sender requests from an encryption system ( 16 ) a certificate corresponding to said recipient ( 6 ), the encryption system ( 16 ) returns to said sender ( 11 ) a first, proforma certificate corresponding to said recipient ( 6 ), the sender ( 1 ) sends with his email client ( 11 ) an outgoing email to said recipient encrypted with said proforma certificate, said email is forwarded through said encryption system ( 16 ), said encryption system ( 16 ) decrypts said email using a private key corresponding to said certificate, said encryption system makes the content of said email available to said recipient ( 6 ).
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