2005 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW'05)
Secure email-based peer to peer information retrieval
Singapore
November 23-November 25
ISBN: 0-7695-2378-1
In this paper we describe the implementation of a distributed search engine called SEGPX based on email communication. SEGPX uses X.509 Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks and utilizes email servers for communications. Advanced features, such as store and forward, document encryption and client side user authentication/authorization etc., are provided to adapt the use for secure group collaboration over the public networks.