Abstract: Secure communication via the Internet is enabled, using public key cryptography, where the sender is relieved from key management tasks. The sending station 110 indicates to a key server 170 an intention to send a secure electronic communication to the receiving station 120. The key server verifies whether a public key is available for the intended receiver. If not, the key server indicates to the receiver an intention to send a secured communication, and enables the receiver to obtain software for creating a private/public key pair for the receiver and for providing the new public key to the key server. If the public key was already available to the key server or the public key is at a later stage made available by the receiver, the public key for the receiver is used to secure the electronic communication. The secured communication is made available to the receiver through the communication system.