Mail System Research Articles

An efficient Secure Electronic Mail System based on Elliptic Curve Certificateless Signcryption

An efficient Secure Electronic Mail System based on Elliptic Curve Certificateless Signcryption

MENGEMBANGKAN (PEMBELAJARAN) BLENDED LEARNING DENGAN SISTEM LINGKUNGAN PEMBELAJARAN VIRTUAL (VLE) DI PTKIN

Recently there has been a great interest invested in maximizing higher education students’ knowledge retention as well as increasing students learning experience using web technologies. Many higher education institutions upgrade their learning facilities by integrating virtual learning system to their education provisions. Educational content management system is now a primary requirement in higher education provisions. However, as for the context of Indonesian higher education, upgrading the learning system may mean a total change of the way classes are delivered. Most of Indonesian higher education teachers are those with minimal exposure of virtual technological use in classrooms. Although these teachers are familiar with the common internet tools especially the electronic mail system and internet social media, they are not yet familiar with managing a content management system. Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) ar-Raniry is one of Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam Negeri (PTKIN) that share similar context. This study was conducted to explore UIN Ar-Raniry teachers’ readiness in delivering blended learning using Virtual Learning Environment. 124 teachers were participating in this research. The index of technological acceptance is relatively high (3.78). However, on the contrary digital technology use related to delivering lecture is relatively low. The use of e-mail and facebook is relatively popular among these teachers. The study found that teachers are interested in using more convenient digital tools in their classes if the university supports the trainings and assigns educational technology consultant to help them establish the virtual class and help with their technical troubles.

Pigeon-Human Negotiations through Practice

This is an exploration of the (un)common worlds of the pigeon and the human in London, through the lens of anthrodecentric art and the installation of a pigeon loft. To engage with this encounter is look, see, and be with another. Human-pigeon ties of relation are long-standing, as from 10,000 years ago the pigeon has lived cooperatively with the human species. More recently, the pigeon was the starting point of contemporary mail systems and messenger pigeons were active serving members of the armed forces in World War II, ablpie to carry out missions when humans were unfit and incapable. Given developments in mechanical and digital technologies, the pigeon has been deprived of its use-value as technology. The project Pigeon-Human Negotiations presents a diagrammatic model that affords the pigeon a use-value in contemporary London – their scavenging behaviours are recognised for their utility as a bio-recycling system. Here I present this arts practice-led research project under three lenses of analysis: the space of function, the space of re-presentation, and the sphere of translation. Herein lies the intersection of pigeon/art/human, within the bio-recycling capacities of the pigeon, the functions of art as re-purposer and subsequently assigner of value, the human can consume this art work predicated on the active presence of the non-human, and their agency through the artwork, which allows the rubbish produced by the human to be bio-recycled into the realm of value.

An ensemble integrated mailing system for detecting spam mails

In Internet, today most widely issues occur with security. Security plays the vital role in Internet. Many software and hardware systems are affecting with the security issues. This may cause major problem for the companies to maintain the network securely. Attackers mainly concentrate on attacking the servers and systems with any type of malware and virus to hack the system or mail account. Today the most popular attacking by the attackers are spam mails. This brings lot of security issues if it is implemented in gmail, yahoo and other mail service providers. Spam zombies are the spam activities done by the spam developers to attack the system. In this paper, an ensemble spam mail detection system named ESMDS by observing outgoing and incoming messages of a network. ESMDS is developed based on a powerful analysis tool called Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT). Results show the performance of the ESMDS.

Soviet Adolescents’ First Experiences of Romantic Feelings and Relationships at Pioneer Camps between the 1960s and 1980s

ABSTRACT The article, which is based on the results of a survey of about 150 respondents between the ages of 43 and 65, presents a sociopedagogical reconstruction of how Soviet school students experienced romantic feelings and friendships in pioneer camps during the 1960s–1980s. The author analyzes and interprets interviews that were conducted with people who spent their childhood summer vacations at pioneer camps. We find that respondents clearly differentiate the romantic feelings and relationships that they had experienced into “liking/affection for someone” (an emotion or feeling), “romantic relationships between boys and girls” (acting in a relationship or behaving like a couple), and “love” (regardless of whether the emotion was reciprocated or not). Romantic experiences and relationships could develop over the time that the children were in camp (from expressions of mutual interest/liking to romantic friendships, and from romantic friendships to a situation when one or both adolescents fell in love). A situation in which romantic feelings and emotions were not reciprocated was not always perceived by adolescents as something negative. Often the romantic experience was considered to be sufficient in and of itself. Only a small number of adolescents actually developed romantic feelings while at camp, and romantic relationships were even rarer. The largest proportion of pioneers first experienced romantic feelings between the ages of 14 and 16. Feelings of liking, romantic friendship, and love could develop in various ways, whether between two adolescents who were vacationing at the same pioneer camp, a girl vacationing at the camp and a boy from a village located next to the camp, and an adolescent vacationing at a pioneer camp and a camp counselor. Adolescents used different strategies to express their romantic feelings, including in their romantic relationships. These strategies varied in the amount of perseverance that was applied to find reciprocity. The romantic feelings and attitudes of Soviet adolescents who were staying at pioneer camps were short-lived for the most part. They ended with the conclusion of the camp, and exceptions to this were rare. The ways that romantic feelings were expressed and romantic relationships developed included while communicating during slow dances; sitting together during events; jointly participating in games and leisure activities; exchanging letters through the camp mail system; and meeting in private (taking walks). Adolescents did not tend to verbalize their romantic feelings and relationships. Regarding couples whose relationships were known within a group of peers, the latter created a supportive and secure private space for them.

La red vascológica de Schuchardt / Schuchardt’s bascological network

Among the founding factors for modernism in philology/linguistics, there were two important medial innovations as a consequence of industrialization: new printing technologies and the installation of a general mail system. This contribution explores their catalyzing effects on the basis of Schuchardt’s bascology, showing that the (pre-)academic network of epistolary exchange, of reviewing and other types of contact, which had been created by those innovative scholars, is at least as important for the development of the humanities as the publications in sensu stricto. Moreover, this paper illustrates modern techniques applied in the digital and open source «Hugo Schuchardt Archiv», which virtually reconstruct the network which had existed in the 19th century. The archive publishes, among other things, at the moment nearly 8,000 letters with originals, transcription and comments (from which around 1,700 with bascological interest).

An Efficient and Lightweight Deniably Authenticated Encryption Scheme for e-Mail Security

The most important security requirements to secure electronic mail (e-mail) systems are: confidentiality, authentication, non-repudiation and data integrity. In conventional e-mail systems, Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) digital envelops are used to satisfy these security requirements. However, confidentiality and authentication are performed in two different phases, which increases computations and leads to more energy consumption. Moreover, the receiver can easily reveal the source of the message, violating the sender's privacy. In this paper, we propose a low-cost deniably authenticated encryption scheme (DA-ENS), where all the cryptographic primitives are being performed in a single logical step to achieve these goals. Experimental results show that our scheme, DA-ENS, achieves low computational cost and communication overhead at 80-bit, 112-bit, 128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit security levels. Energy consumption is shown to be reduced to 80%, 67%, 42%, 62% and 48% compared to similar schemes SL+BF, LXJ+BF, Fagen Li et al. (FL), AJL and CZJZJSZ respectively. Also, we have proven that, our scheme DA-ENS is provably secure in random oracle model.

Trump Administration Announces Withdrawal from Four International Agreements

In October of 2018, the Trump administration announced that the United States would withdraw from four international agreements. On October 3, 2018, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would withdraw from the Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights with Iran. Later that day, National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that the United States was also withdrawing from the Optional Protocol to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR). Both withdrawals were triggered by pending International Court of Justice (ICJ) cases grounded in these treaties that were recently brought against the United States. Two weeks later, in an escalation of the ongoing trade dispute with China, the United States gave notice of withdrawal from the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the international body charged with overseeing the international mailing system. Finally, on October 22, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States would be terminating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia. Unlike other withdrawals undertaken by the Trump administration, this latest round involved three Article II treaties to which the Senate had provided its advice and consent. In addition, the international commitments withdrawn from in this round were long-standing ones, with U.S. participation in the UPU going back as far as 1875.

A Security Analysis Method for Security Protocol Implementations Based on Message Construction

Security protocols are integral to the protection of cyberspace against malicious attacks. Therefore, it is important to be confident in the security of a security protocol. In previous years, people have worked on security of security protocol abstract specification. However, in recent years, people have found that this is not enough and have begun focusing on security protocol implementation. In order to evaluate the security of security protocol implementations, in this paper, firstly, we proposed the Message Construction to Security Protocol Implementation (MCSPI), a message construction method based on application programming interface (API) traces, which automatically generates the constructed client valid request messages. Then, we presented the Security Analysis Scheme (SAS), a security analysis scheme that generates an abstract model of a security protocol server. Next, we proposed a security analysis method to evaluate the security of security protocol implementations on the basis of constructed client request messages generated with MCSPI, corresponding to the server-side response message and server-side abstract model produced by SAS. Finally, we implemented the Security Protocol Implementation Analysis (SPIA) tool to generate client valid request messages and a server-side abstract model to assist in evaluating security protocol implementations. In our experiments, we tested Tencent QQ mail system version 2017 and RSAAuth system and found that RSAAuth is vulnerable and its server has only security checks for user password, while Tencent QQ mail system version 2017 is more secure and has strong security restrictions at server-side besides security checks for user password.

Female Cosmetic Genital Surgery: Patient Characteristics, Motivation, and Satisfaction.

Female cosmetic genital surgery is rapidly growing. However, controversy reports raised around these procedures question their indications, motives, and safety. Warning against performing this surgery might unjustly restrict surgical alleviation of symptoms. Through anonymous research, the authors explored patient characteristics and motivation, when women started to think about surgery, and effects of surgery on psychosocial and cosmetic aspects. Of 125 patients who underwent female cosmetic genital surgery at Oslo Plastic Surgery Clinic between 2010 and 2016, 69 patients were reachable by email. A questionnaire with 40 questions was completed anonymously. Answers were processed by a third, independent party via QuestBack return mail system. The response rate was 77%. Mean follow-up time was 31.4 months. Mean patient age was 30.8 years. Motivations for surgery were cosmetic (69.8%), physical/practical (62.3%), emotional (54.7%), and intimate (49.1%). When emotional reasons were involved, media (39.7%), pornography (31.5%), and negative comments (28.8%) influenced the decision to undergo surgery. Genital concerns had negative effects on self-esteem (63.2%) and sexual attractiveness (57.9%) among others; 90.5% thought about surgery for more than 1 year. The overall cosmetic result was satisfactory for 69.8%, and the operation as a whole was satisfactory for 75.5%. Age, level of education, and gross income of patients who underwent this surgery seem high compared with those of breast implant patients. Genital dissatisfaction arose early in life and affected various psychosexual aspects. Most patients are satisfied with the outcome of surgery and would recommend this surgery to others. Additional anonymous multicenter studies are recommended.

Paperless Mail Office System and Data Integration at UNIKA Soegijapranata

Paper-based correspondence has many constraints on sending, receiving, and filing. The filling makes it difficult to search document. The purpose of this research is to facilitate the process of sending, searching, and integrating data and documents. With electronic-based office mail is expected to reduce paper usage. Application development methods using the SDLC method consist of system investigation, analysis, design environments, testing, training, and transition, operation and maintenance.Electronic-based office mail is able to solve many problems regarding the mail system such as speed of delivery, filing, and searching of documents. By utilizing the database system, documents can be stored well and integrated. It's cannot eliminate the use of paper. The main reason is the habit of employees needed paper evidence in their work

The Aestheticization of Mechanical Systems:

Mechanical systems were crucial considerations in the planning of the new headquarters of the Montecatini corporation, the largest Italian chemical manufacturer of the Fascist era. Designed by Gio Ponti, founder of the journal Domus, the Montecatini Building occupied a central site in Milan. In The Aestheticization of Mechanical Systems: Gio Ponti's Montecatini Headquarters, Milan, 1936–39, Manfredo di Robilant describes how Ponti, seeking to assert his role as architect in the face of the overwhelming requirements of HVAC, electrical, telephone, pneumatic mail, and other systems, aestheticized those systems, treating them not simply as modern tools for human comfort but also as elements of architecture. The story of the Montecatini Building is emblematic of the struggle over how to treat systems in modern architecture and the never-ending conflict between utility and symbol in architectural design. Di Robilant analyzes original drawings and correspondence as well as the 1938 presentation volume for the building issued by the Montecatini corporation.

Navigating the Windows Mail database

The Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) database is used to support many forensically important applications in the Windows operating system, and a study of how ESE is used in one application provides wider insights into data storage in other current and future applications. In Windows 10, Windows Mail uses an ESE database to store messages, appointments and related data; however, field (column) names used to identify these records are hexadecimal property tags, many of which are undocumented. To support forensic analysis a series of experiments were carried out to identify the function of these tags, and this work resulted in a body of related information about the Mail application. This paper documents property tags that have been mapped, and presents how Windows Mail artifacts recovered from the ESE store.vol database can be interpreted, including how the paths of files recorded by the Mail system are derived from database records. We also present examples that illustrate forensic issues in the interpretation of email messages and appointment records, and show how additional information can be obtained by associating these records with other information in the ESE database.

A voice based text mail system for visually impaired

To develop a voice primarily based email system that will facilitate visually impaired individuals to access email in a problem free manner. Together with providing usage of mail services simply and with efficiency, the system also will cut back the psychological feature work that must be unremarkably taken by the visually impaired to recollect and sort characters using the normal Braille keyboards, which are accessible to them. The graphical user interface of this method has been evaluated against the interface of the traditionally accessible mail system. Not only for visually impaired, but also for people who are illiterate might have the benefit of this technique. The foremost crucial facet which will be thought of developing this technique is that the users of this technique does not have any basic information regarding the keyboard shortcuts used or wherever the keys are used for. All functions to be utilized in this technique are supposed to be easy mouse click operations creating the system very user friendly. This application proposes an android application, designed specifically for visually impaired individuals. This application provides a voice primarily based mailing service which provides them to browse and send mail on their own, without any guidance. The users ought to use certain keywords which can perform certain actions for e.g. Read, Send, Compose Mail, Address Book etc. This EMAIL system is utilized by a visually handicapped person to access mails easily and with efficiency. Therefore reliance of visually impaired on others for his or her own activities associated with mail are often reduced.

Weak mail security allows opioids U.S. entry

Illegal synthetic opioids such as fentanyl can easily be ordered online from Chinese labs and shipped through the mail to addresses in the U.S., Senate investigators say. A nearly yearlong inquiry by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found that sellers in China use the U.S. Postal Service because the risk of seizure by U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) is small and delivery is “basically guaranteed,” according to a report by the subcommittee. The investigators discovered 500 financial transactions in which more than 300 U.S. customers in 43 states purchased fentanyl, mainly in powder form, with a street value of about $766 million. “Thanks to our bipartisan investigation, we now know the depth to which drug traffickers exploit our mail system to ship fentanyl and other synthetic drugs into the U.S.,” says Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), the subcommittee chairman. The report criticized the Postal Service and CBP for failing

Research on Vulnerability Detection Technology for WEB Mail System

Recently, the Email system is seriously threatened by the vulnerability attack, and XSS vulnerability is one of the most serious vulnerability of WEB mail system. In this paper, we proposed a crossing site script injection vulnerability detection method for WEB mail system, and developed a detection tool for a systematic. With the method we proposed, we can automatically construct attack vectors according to different attack surfaces, and generate malformed mails for vulnerability detection. By applying the tool to some popular Webmail systems, seven exploitable XSS vulnerabilities are found. The evaluation result shows that our tool can efficiently detect XSS vulnerabilities.

Temporal dynamics of whole body residues of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid in live or dead honeybees

In cases of acute intoxication, honeybees often lay in front of their hives for several days, exposed to sunlight and weather, before a beekeeper can take a sample. Beekeepers send samples to analytical laboratories, but sometimes no residues can be detected. Temperature and sun light could influence the decrease of pesticides in bee samples and thereby residues left for analysis. Moreover, samples are usually sent via normal postal services without cooling. We investigated the temporal dynamics of whole-body residues of imidacloprid in live or dead honeybees following a single-meal dietary exposure of 41 ng/bee under various environmental conditions, such as freezing, exposure to UV light or transfer of individuals through the mail system. Immobile, “dead” looking honeybees recovered from paralysis after 48 hours. The decrease of residues in living but paralysed bees was stopped by freezing (= killing). UV light significantly reduced residues, but the mode of transport did not affect residue levels. Group feeding increased the variance of residues, which is relevant for acute oral toxicity tests. In conclusion, elapsed time after poisoning is key for detection of neonicotinoids. Freezing before mailing significantly reduced the decrease of imidacloprid residues and may increase the accuracy of laboratory analysis for pesticides.

Mailed dosimetric audit of therapeutic proton beams using thermoluminescence MTS-N (LiF:Mg,Ti) powder – First results

Institute of Oncology in Warsaw provides mailed dosimetric service of radiotherapy units in Poland according to the procedure implemented by IAEA. The service applies the dosimetric thermoluminescence (TLD) system with detectors in form of capsules filled with MTS-N (LiF: Mg, Ti) powder. In these studies dosimetric properties of the TLD system were determined to adapt it for mailed dosimetric audits of proton radiotherapy units. Dose response of TLD capsules filled with MTS-N powder was studied for doses between 1.75 Gy and 2.25Gy in the middle of 5 × 10 × 10 cm3 Spread Out Bragg Peak (SOBP). The SOBP was located at the different position (depth) in the water phantom in order to determine the energy dependence of the system. All exposures were performed at the isocentric gantry with Pencil Beam Scanning field at the Bronowice Cyclotron Center, Institute of Nuclear Physics (IFJ PAN). It was found that for TLD system with MTS-N powder the correction for the supralinear dose response should be applied for doses exceeding 2 Gy. No significant influence of response on the position (depth) of SOBP was observed. The preliminary results show that the standard mailed TLD dosimetry system based on MTS-N (LiF:Mg,Ti) can be adapted for auditing proton radiotherapy units.

Exploring the Choice for Default Systems

This paper investigates the role the default effect plays in choosing IT systems. This paper presents two studies concerning the acceptance of Gmail (vs. a self-hosted mailing system) and of legal (vs. illegal) movie downloading. Classic factors such as the perceived usefulness and ease of use of a system hardly explain the intent to use default systems. Including the perception of an alternative system in the model significantly increases the R2 of the intent to use the default system. Social influence plays a much bigger role in explaining the intent to use default systems than in the intent to use alternative systems.

Email Spam Classification in a Distributed Environment

In today's computer world, Internet plays a main role. Internet mail system is a store and forward mechanism used for the purpose of exchanging documents across computer network through Internet. Unsolicited bulk e-mail known as spam mail is considered to be a major threat. The objective of the proposed system is to develop a spam classification system in a distributed environment using Naive bayes and SVM classifier. Performance analysis of the above two classifiers is analyzed under the distributed environment. Implementation of distributed environment using Hadoop's Map Reduce framework serves to be more efficient which gives good results for the above system that has been proposed in this paper.