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Re: PGP kerserver infrastructure

  • From: L. Sassaman
  • Date: Sat Jul 01 17:47:48 2000

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On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Bennett Todd wrote:

> The real difference between the two is that S/MIME is based on the
> model of creating and subsidizing an artificial monopoly for the
> CAs, while PGP is not. Unless you're a CA, it's an easy choice:-).

And to expound upon this a little, CAs have artificially set PGP up as a
competitor to their existance. CAs could easily embrace PGP and offer PGP
services along with S/MIME and TLS. They choose not to, since PGP makes
CAs optional (not obsolute, however).


- --Len.

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L. Sassaman

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