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Re: PGP kerserver infrastructure

  • From: L. Sassaman
  • Date: Sat Jul 01 06:03:10 2000 
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Michael Helm wrote:

> "L. Sassaman" writes:
> > X.509 is a much older and cruftier standard. PGP is recognised by most to
> > be the superior method for handling email and file encryption and signing.
> > X.509 is designed to satisfy situations where there is a complex heirarchy
> > in an X.500 setting.
> 
> I don't know about the first claim; PGP certainly developed partly
> in response to PEM, which was based on hierarchies.  Which standard is better
> I think is up to customers to decide.

I think customers *have* decided. Where is PEM now? (And Phil Z. wasn't
aware of the existance of PEM until very shortly before he released PGP,
btw.)


- --Len.

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L. Sassaman

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Technology Consultant               |  "Common sense is wrong." 
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