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Messaging Security

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I shot the sheriff, but not the deputy, and now I have the credit card information from the web site.

8.1 Safe communication: Messaging

Two lovers stand in the bedroom gazing into each other’s longing eyes. They move toward the bed, their bodies pulling closer like a magnet and a piece of iron. Their hearts thump like loudspeakers at a rock concert. Closer they move to the point of serious communiqué. Now, with lust in their hearts, they exchange their x.509 certificates and send an encrypted message of love.

Whew—that was hot! What intense communication! Fortunately, our lovers practiced “safe communication.” First they ...

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