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Roger Clarke's 'Message Transmission Security Risks'

Message Transmission Security Risks

Version of 11 May 1998

Roger Clarke

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This document was prepared as a breakout box to support the documents called 'Crypto-Confusion' and 'Data Transmission Security'. It provides an outline of the risks involved in the transmission of a message from one person or organisation to another.

This document is at http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/CryptoSecy.html


When a message is sent from one person or organisation to another, over a communications link, the following risks exist:

(1) Non-Receipt of a message by the intended recipient

  1. This may be:

(2) Access by an unintended person or organisation

This may be to:

Its cause may be:

(3) Change to the contents while in transit

The cause may be:

(4) Receipt of a false message

By this is meant a message that purports to come from a particular sender, but which that person or organisation did not in fact send. The cause may be:

(5) Wrongful denial

This may be an act by:



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Created: 11 February 1996 - Last Amended: 11 May 1998 by Roger Clarke - Site Last Verified: 15 February 2009
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