BROADBAND EXTRAS:Secure Mail
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Features and Benefits:
- Low monthly fee: For the cost of a single courier package, you can send unlimited
encrypted email to anyone
- Easy to use: Sign up and simply press the secure button to seal your Email
- Unlock Encrypted Mail: Simply click on your Secure Mail message and enter your password
to open
- Send Secure Mail To Anyone:Secure Mail can send to nonsubscribers
- Security: Trusted security standards including PKI 1, X.5092 digital certificate and
S/MIME3
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1 PKI stands for "Public Key Infrastructure". In a PKI, a certification authority (CA) is used to deliver
identity credentials to subscribers. Each subscriber recieves a key pair(or key pairs)
Public Key - used to encrypt messages sent to the subscriber(anyone can access
this key - also called certificate)
Private Key - used by the subscriber to decrypt messages encrypted with their
public key (only the subscriber has access to this key)
2 X.509 is simply the accepted standard format for the subscriber's PKI certificate
3 S/MIME the word standard for Secure Mail. It is an extension of the MIME format, and is used by
governments, financial institutions, and enterprise worldwide
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The following page lists the minimum system requirements to install and use Verizon
Secure Mail.
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Download the System Check Wizard
Download and run the System Check Wizard to automatically check if you can install
and use Verizon Secure Mail.
Download the System Check Wizard
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Operating System
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Email Clients
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Web Browser
- Microsoft™ Internet Explorer® 6.0 or above
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Internet Connection
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Computer Hardware
- 5-10 MB of hard drive space
- Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
- 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB or greater)
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Secure Mail provided by Verizon Online. Acceptance of Verizon Secure Mail Terms of Service required. Applicable taxes apply. System requirements apply. Secure Mail is only compatible with Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. Verizon Secure Mail service helps encrypt email, but no security service provides absolute security. Secure Mail and the envelope and lock design are trademarks of Echoworx Corporation. Other terms and restrictions apply. ©2008 Verizon. All Rights Reserved.