Sending and Receiving E-Mails Securely

Use

SAPconnect offers the opportunity to send emails signed using S/MIME standards and/or encrypted or to receive and decrypt/verify e-mails that were encrypted and/or signed using S/MIME.

As an alternative to the option of creating secured messages using S/MIME using SAPconnect, you can also use the product of a third-party, such as a Secure Email Proxy.

Integration

The S/MIME standard has been integrated into SAPconnect.

Prerequisites

All the certificates and identities required for the S/MIME standard are uploaded to the system and managed there using the Trust Manager.

• For more information, read the documentation for the Trust Manager, in particular the document Secure E-Mails with Digital Signature and Encryption with S/MIME.

Activities

1. Call transaction SCOT and branch to Settings  Outbound Messages  Settings on the tab page Signing & Encryption.

2. Select the required combination for the e-mail signature or encryption:

   SAPconnect	The signing/encryption is executed in SAPconnect using the integrated S/MIME standard.
   Proxy	The signing/encryption takes place using a secure email proxy.