Oct
20
An interesting article I read this morning talked about how to "protect your identity" when it comes to emails. Although the article says it's aimed at OS X, it does actually work in Windows too, and using the free thawte certificate it still allows you to use IE / Outlook combination. Probably best to read the article for yourself though.
What a security certificate does is let's the recipient know that you are really you. This is done through a 3rd-party service, a sort of insurance company for identities. The sender signs up for a certificate (supplying enough information to prove who they are to the 3rd-party), and then that certificate is transmitted with your e-mails to the recipient, acting as a digital signature.
