ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

摘要

This application discloses a method for restricted electronic transmission of information including the steps of encrypting information (#26) using a public key portion (#22) of a private/public key, transmitting the information following encrypting thereof over a medium which may be non-secure, receiving the information, following transmission thereof, at an output device (#14) in encrypted form, decrypting the information, received in encrypted form, at the output device using a private key portion (#20) of the private/public key; and following decryption in the output device, outputting the information (#28) in non-encrypted form. A system for restricted electronic transmission of information is also disclosed.