Vital security requirements

• Authentication

  • The message receiver must be able to ascertain who actual originator of message is.

• Integrity

  • The message receiver must be able to ascertain whether a message has been modified in transit.

• Key Management

  • Only method to accurately enforce authentication, integrity and nonrepudiation is by cryptography; requiring distribution/exchange of encryption key information.

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