Encrypted Email

Does anyone have any starter tips on how to set up encrypted email for a company? I've done some reserch & only know the bare basics of Digital ID's...I could really use some tips on how to actually implement them

We have 42 PC's - all are using Win XP PRO. 23 are in 1 building running under a Novell network & sharing a DSL line. The rest are working as "stand-alone's" & home offices throughout 1/3 of our state, using various dial-up connections. All email is a POP3 through our web hoster using Outlook Express

Boss gives ME this great "idea" that all our mail should be encrypted. That's the extent of management help here, other than, can I implement it by Thurs. at 10am??? (as in 2 days from now!

I do not have a "team", it's just me trying to figure out how to do this, or at least, trying to figure out a plan

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much

Patt
ASNI IS

pcmaster
Wed May 19 01:27:50 CDT 2004

Are you talking about encrypting emails or simply digitally signing the
email? Also, if encryption is the goal, are you talking about encrypting
all messages among all of your company employees? or all messages period?

If you don't know about encryption technology very well, and don't know
how PKI works, etc. Then the best and simplist way to start transmitting
encrypted email is to check out http://www.pgp.com

pcmaster

On Tue, 18 May 2004 20:41:16 -0700, ASNI ISM
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have any starter tips on how to set up encrypted email for a
> company? I've done some reserch & only know the bare basics of Digital
> ID's...I could really use some tips on how to actually implement them!
>
> We have 42 PC's - all are using Win XP PRO. 23 are in 1 building
> running under a Novell network & sharing a DSL line. The rest are
> working as "stand-alone's" & home offices throughout 1/3 of our state,
> using various dial-up connections. All email is a POP3 through our web
> hoster using Outlook Express.
>
> Boss gives ME this great "idea" that all our mail should be encrypted.
> That's the extent of management help here, other than, can I implement
> it by Thurs. at 10am??? (as in 2 days from now!)
>
> I do not have a "team", it's just me trying to figure out how to do
> this, or at least, trying to figure out a plan!
>
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
>
> Patti
> ASNI ISM
>



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malc
Wed May 19 04:47:24 CDT 2004

If you are running MS Exhange for your e-mail server, have a look
through the documentation about the KMS service. That allows you to
centrally administer certificates for your users.

malc

On Tue, 18 May 2004 23:27:49 -0600, pcmaster <pcmaster@speakeasy.net>
wrote:

>Are you talking about encrypting emails or simply digitally signing the
>email? Also, if encryption is the goal, are you talking about encrypting
>all messages among all of your company employees? or all messages period?
>
>If you don't know about encryption technology very well, and don't know
>how PKI works, etc. Then the best and simplist way to start transmitting
>encrypted email is to check out http://www.pgp.com
>
>pcmaster
>
>On Tue, 18 May 2004 20:41:16 -0700, ASNI ISM
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any starter tips on how to set up encrypted email for a
>> company? I've done some reserch & only know the bare basics of Digital
>> ID's...I could really use some tips on how to actually implement them!
>>
>> We have 42 PC's - all are using Win XP PRO. 23 are in 1 building
>> running under a Novell network & sharing a DSL line. The rest are
>> working as "stand-alone's" & home offices throughout 1/3 of our state,
>> using various dial-up connections. All email is a POP3 through our web
>> hoster using Outlook Express.
>>
>> Boss gives ME this great "idea" that all our mail should be encrypted.
>> That's the extent of management help here, other than, can I implement
>> it by Thurs. at 10am??? (as in 2 days from now!)
>>
>> I do not have a "team", it's just me trying to figure out how to do
>> this, or at least, trying to figure out a plan!
>>
>> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
>>
>> Patti
>> ASNI ISM
>>

NetEng
Wed May 19 08:21:53 CDT 2004

Patti-

PGP will be your best bet. To have it implemented by Thursday will be tough.
If you buy the Enterprise version I believe you can have a shared company
keyring which will make deployment much easier. PCMaster has a good point
about digital sig vs encryption. A digital sig shows that the email had not
changed in transit. If a single bit changed the hash would be different and
it will let you know. Encryption of course encrypts the email so only the
people who have your public key can decrypt it. In your LAN, each person
needs everyone elses public key to decrypt messages. Not a huge deal since
everyone is running PGP. If you encrypt email going outside, everyone else
who gets email needs your public keys too. There are multiple ways to
distribute public keys (pretty easy, but everyone else needs software to
decrypt the email!), but it sounds like you don't really need to do that. If
you have any more questions, just ask.

Neteng

"ASNI ISM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C3CDB1A-FB67-4547-A2AE-2459C477DAB4@microsoft.com...
> Does anyone have any starter tips on how to set up encrypted email for a
company? I've done some reserch & only know the bare basics of Digital
ID's...I could really use some tips on how to actually implement them!
>
> We have 42 PC's - all are using Win XP PRO. 23 are in 1 building running
under a Novell network & sharing a DSL line. The rest are working as
"stand-alone's" & home offices throughout 1/3 of our state, using various
dial-up connections. All email is a POP3 through our web hoster using
Outlook Express.
>
> Boss gives ME this great "idea" that all our mail should be encrypted.
That's the extent of management help here, other than, can I implement it by
Thurs. at 10am??? (as in 2 days from now!)
>
> I do not have a "team", it's just me trying to figure out how to do this,
or at least, trying to figure out a plan!
>
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
>
> Patti
> ASNI ISM
>

Go:gul
Fri Aug 27 03:44:40 CDT 2004

The Other thing you could do is set up a Certificate authority for
your company and run an internal 2000 server which makes use of
Windows 2000 server's CA Service?

Go:gul


On Wed, 19 May 2004 08:21:53 -0500, "NetEng" <cclark@trailersaver.com>
wrote:

>Patti-
>
>PGP will be your best bet. To have it implemented by Thursday will be tough.
>If you buy the Enterprise version I believe you can have a shared company
>keyring which will make deployment much easier. PCMaster has a good point
>about digital sig vs encryption. A digital sig shows that the email had not
>changed in transit. If a single bit changed the hash would be different and
>it will let you know. Encryption of course encrypts the email so only the
>people who have your public key can decrypt it. In your LAN, each person
>needs everyone elses public key to decrypt messages. Not a huge deal since
>everyone is running PGP. If you encrypt email going outside, everyone else
>who gets email needs your public keys too. There are multiple ways to
>distribute public keys (pretty easy, but everyone else needs software to
>decrypt the email!), but it sounds like you don't really need to do that. If
>you have any more questions, just ask.
>
>Neteng
>
>"ASNI ISM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:5C3CDB1A-FB67-4547-A2AE-2459C477DAB4@microsoft.com...
>> Does anyone have any starter tips on how to set up encrypted email for a
>company? I've done some reserch & only know the bare basics of Digital
>ID's...I could really use some tips on how to actually implement them!
>>
>> We have 42 PC's - all are using Win XP PRO. 23 are in 1 building running
>under a Novell network & sharing a DSL line. The rest are working as
>"stand-alone's" & home offices throughout 1/3 of our state, using various
>dial-up connections. All email is a POP3 through our web hoster using
>Outlook Express.
>>
>> Boss gives ME this great "idea" that all our mail should be encrypted.
>That's the extent of management help here, other than, can I implement it by
>Thurs. at 10am??? (as in 2 days from now!)
>>
>> I do not have a "team", it's just me trying to figure out how to do this,
>or at least, trying to figure out a plan!
>>
>> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
>>
>> Patti
>> ASNI ISM
>>
>