Re: [PLUG] What's smime.p7s? (Was: Ginger)

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

At 11:28 AM 12/4/2001 -0500, Chris Beggy wrote:
> Another difference is the trust mechanism.  X.509 requires a
> Certificate Authority and knows how to deal with chained
> authorizations.

        Correct.   X.509 uses a "hierarchical trust" model, while PGP is 
based on a "web of trust".   The former works nicely for corporations and 
governments, where there is a formal hierarchy.  The latter works much 
better for the average user sending personal email.  The latter can also be 
used to SIMULATE the former, while the former can NOT be used as the latter.


LDR


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