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[Melih]

Comodo Secure Email Beta 1

Comodo are proud to announce the first beta release of Comodo SecureEmail. We are making this beta available for testers and general users alike and look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions on our forums.

Comodo SecureEmail Beta 1, all subsequent beta versions and the final release version will each be available free to both home and business users (only certificates will be charged for commercial use, the software is free). Personal use everything is free

Comodo Secure Email: Brief Overview
A major problem with current e-mail encryption systems is securing e-mail to recipients for whom a public key certificate is not present on the system, either because the system just does not have the recipient's certificate installed or the recipient does not have a public key certificate. This poses a security issue because e-mail can never be encrypted unless both parties had first exchanged public keys via digitally signed emails. Also, many users never bother to obtain a digital certificate and therefore never adopt the practice of securely encrypting their email communication.

Comodo SecureEmail overcomes this traditional restriction of secure messaging by automatically generating a unique; 'single-use' session certificate to encrypt outgoing emails to recipients whenever an email certificate is not present on the system. The application also contains a built in wizard that offers fast and easy sign-up and installation of Comodo Free Email certificates.

Current Feature Set:
Encrypt e-mail for contacts where a digital certificate for that contact is not present on the system
Encrypt e-mail for contacts where a digital certificate for that contact is present on the system
Enable encryption for those e-mail clients that don't have e-mail encryption in their feature set, such as IncrediMail and others, plus support for automatic signing and decryption to come in future versions
Allow users an easy sign-up with automatic collection and installation of Comodo CA's Free E-mail Certificates
Update contacts who have sent a temporary one-use e-mail to you, with your current e-mail certificate via a Credentials Update E-mail
Can be configured to automatically install credentials found in Credentials Update E-mails
System Requirements
Operating System: Windows 2000/Windows XP
Supports Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Thunderbird

Download Comodo Secure Email Beta 1
http://www.comodo.com/secureemail/beta/

oh.. btw.. did i mention this is Patent pending product Yep.. we innovated this baby...

Melih

[Roy]

Hi,

I installed and applied for a certificate, then got an email saying my certificate was installed. The email I received contained 2 attached gif files. But nothing else.

On inspecting certificates in IE, Firefox & thunderbird - I find none. On running the program "configure secure email", it tells me that I don't have a cert and asks me if I want to apply for one. So, I applied again, got another email... but with the same result. My email account in thunderbird is the same as the email address under which I applied for the cert.

Now its quite possible that I'm missing something, email certs are completely new to me.

btw....The link in the email, that was supposed to take me to the help area for setting up certs in programs, took me to the beta download page. I couldn't see an obvious link to the information.... now its quite possible that i'm being a bit dull.... !!!

Um... I'm stuck!!
R.

[VaMPiRiC_CRoW]

It doesn't work with stunnel and SMTP (TLS)...

[Melih]

I downloaded the software again and followed these instructions on this webpage http://www.addtrust.com/a2mail.shtml#_Digitally_signing_messages .  Sent a digitally signed email to a friend and he was able to open the email.  Originally, when I install Secure Email yesterday,  I didn't have OutLook Express configured with my digital certificate, the reason why my contacts were not able to open my DS emails.  Now they are able to and I'm pleased.  I coldn't find this information on Comodo's webpages.  It took a Google search for me  to find this information.  My first time using DS messages so I didn't know what I had to do or how to do it.

Kevin

good to hear.

Melih

[VaMPiRiC_CRoW]

kcrannie,

what in your post are related with mine?

[VaMPiRiC_CRoW]

No problem, kcrannie 

I was just asking... 

[Roy]

Well, I've un-installed, re-installed.... applied for certs, rebooted....but I still can't find any certificates!

Does anyone knows what the issue is?
Ta
Roy

[Roy]

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to reply... your reply will be very useful when I actually receive a certificate! 

Firstly, I don't use outlook express at all. It is on my pc, but is not set up at all. I have IE7, Firefox and Thunderbird, all the latest versions.

After installing the comodo software, following all the instuctions etc, getting an email back saying I'm good to go... I then go in either via thunderbird or IE, or Firefox to try and find a certificate. The problem is that there just isn't anything there. In fact, on re-running the comodo software from start/programs it tells me that I don't have a certificate yet and I should get one by signing up. Which I then do, but with the same result.

Note that on first running thunderbird after installing the certificate software, I do get some pop ups asking me if I want my email folders to be checked for encrypted emails, to which I say yes. So the software is doing something, but just not giving me a certificate!

Something clearly isn't working for me. 

I'm currently running AOL AVS - active virus shield - (whilst waiting for CAVS to be sorted!! I tried the beta but had too many issues), and SSM. I exited SSM when installing the certificate software... so this isn't the issue. I've also tried enabling active-x in thunderbird and disabling email anti-virus operations by AVS. But it made no difference.

My email provider is gmail, i'm collecting email via their pop server. Maybe it is something going on with them?

Anyway..... thanks again!
R.

[Roy]

Hi, yep. I'm getting the "your cert is installed" emails into webmail and into thunderbird via pop. I've checked both versions and they appear to be the same. Nothing is going into my bulk folder.

The email address that i gave to the cert program to send of to comodo is the only one that i have set up in thunderbird.

 

[Roy]

Um...!!! Nice find..but..! The cert is not there when i look for it with IE... which i guess looks where ever windows stores them....??!  And.... the comodo program itself tells me that I have no cert when i re-run it.

btw - i've applied for and received confirmation emails for at least 6 certs! And I have not been successful at installing any of them.....

Question? does comodo send more than one cert for any single email address? Perhaps things went wrong the first time and ever since then I've not been sent a cert because I've been applying under the same email address??? Donno!   

[Melih]

I believe the certificate, itself, is store in the Registry.  It's not stored on any folder on your computer.  I'm sure I read that in a post here the other day.  Maybe Melih might be of more help than me.  Get his attention by sending him a PM.

Kevin

cert is stored in the Root store..
you can go to it by going to (on IE), to
-tools
-Internet options
-content
-certificates

this will launch the certificate manager and will allow you to see the certs installed on your Root Store..
cheers
Melih

[Roy]

cert is stored in the Root store..
you can go to it by going to (on IE), to
-tools
-Internet options
-content
-certificates

this will launch the certificate manager and will allow you to see the certs installed on your Root Store..
cheers
Melih

Well, the answer is none! Despite many attempts... any thoughts?
Cheers
R.

[Roy]

yep, no joy there either. 

[Comodo_Shane]

Hi Roy,

Firstly, I’m sorry to hear that you have had problems with SecureEmail Beta.  I’d like to just clarify that it is a Beta and therefore is not without issues and has not completed testing to full maturity.

It seems that on your PC, SecureEmail Beta is failing to detect/install the e-mail certificate sent back from our Comodo CA servers.

Roy, are you using a web based gmail account or a Windows based e-mail client?  Also could you tell me what ports you are using for POP and SMTP, are these 110 and 25 respectfully?

Here is a small work around for you.  I know this is not exactly what we intended but in the mean time please can you use the web based e-mail sign-up facility to obtain a FREE Comodo e-mail certificate.  Go link below and click on “GET YOUR FREE CERT NOW !” button.

http://www.comodogroup.it/eng/products/certificate_services/email_certificate.html

The web process will then send a collection code to the e-mail address you have entered with instructions for how to download the e-mail cert.  This should get SecureEmail working for you.

The certificate sign-up process (for those who want to know more):
The certificate sign-up process involves something called a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). 

A CSR is generated on your computer and sent to the Comodo servers for formatting into the certificate standard and signing.  During the CSR generation process a public and private key are generated.  The private key is stored in the registry on your computer ready to be linked to your certificate once you receive it from Comodo.  The public key is placed in the CSR which you send to Comodo CA’s servers.  In the above link, this whole process is done via script on the web page by using a control shipped with Windows.

Once Comodo has signed the certificate you need to collect and install it.  A collection code is e-mailed to your e-mail address to authenticate it and the collection code must be entered into the web page given in the e-mail’s instruction, to download and install the certificate.  The certificate is installed by script on the web page using the same control shipped with Windows.

SecureEmail’s sign-up wizard does the same thing as above but SecureEmail will (unless you are Roy, sorry Roy) auto detect the collection code in the e-mail you receive, download the certificate and install it automatically.

Hope this info helps

Shane.

[Roy]

Hi,

I'm aware that this is a beta...with all that that means... which is why I tried it !!!!. I've been a happy CFP user and like to try your new stuff - contributing when I find an issue. Which is what I've been doing here. If you have any questions about my setup, then let me know. I'm happy to help you work out what the issue is.

I'll give the web-based sign up system a go a bit later today...

My default email system is thunderbird, via gmail pop. I've set thunderbird up as per gmail instructions - the set up is..

pop - port 995, SSL
smtp - port 25, TLS

I've CFP, and AOL AVS running. I also have SSM running, unless I'm installing something. It was disabled when i used your email cert program.

Cheers. R 

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