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Encrypted E-mail with Cleartext Copies
draft-dkg-mail-cleartext-copy-01

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Last updated 2023-08-25 (Latest revision 2023-02-21)
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Abstract

When an e-mail program generates an encrypted message to multiple recipients, it is possible that it has no encryption capability for at least one of the recipients. In this circumstance, an e-mail program may choose to send the message in cleartext to the recipient it cannot encrypt to. This draft currently offers several possible approaches when such a choice is made by the sender, so that the recipient can reason about and act on the cryptographic status of the message responsibly.

Authors

Daniel Kahn Gillmor

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