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Re: [PLUG] What's smime.p7s? (Was: Ginger)
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Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com> writes:
>>Arguably, X.509 is nicer,
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> There are advantages and disadvantages to both X.509 and PGP
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> both technically as well as "user experience".
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Another difference is the trust mechanism. X.509 requires a
Certificate Authority and knows how to deal with chained
authorizations. PGP doesn't require a certificate authority, but
rather supports signing by any other keyholder. PGP can use the
concept of web-of-trust in lieu of trust in the certificate
authority.
Chris
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