Charly Avital: > auto15963931 <jv92pc$ct5$1...@dough.gmane.org> July 31, 2012 2:47:22 PM wrote: >> If this is the wrong place to ask, please point me in the right >> direction. Where can I learn more about importing, if such a thing is >> even done this way, and making use of message signatures which utilize >> an "smime.p7s" file? I got a message from someone who uses this, and I >> need to learn about verifying and downloading from a keyserver files >> like this. Especially important for me is learning how to check whether >> it had been revoked, etc. Where is a support group for this sort of >> signature if this is not it? Thanks. > > S/MIME = Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions is a standard for > public key encryption and signing of e-mail encapsulated in MIME. > > It achieves goals that are similar to GnuPG's but uses different means. > > The use of GnuPG requires the installation of GnuPG software, and some > kind of module that will enable interaction between that software and > the e-mail client one is using. GnuPG per se enables its user to > generate and manage certificates (aka keys). > > S/MIME does not require the installation of any such software but needs > to obtain and install a certificate/key that is issued by a Certificate > Authority (CA). The certificate that is issued by the CA of your choice > has to be imported into your e-mail client (if it has S/MIME capability) > or into your browser. > > You might try <http://www.comodo.com>. > > I am sure members of this list will provide more accurate information. > > Charly > OS X 10.8 (12A269} MacBook Intel C2Duo 2GHz-GnuPG 1.4.12-MacGPG2-2.0.17-9 > Thunderbird 14.0 Enigmail 1.5a1pre (20120727-2257) >
So the last question is just how do I go about checking whether one of these smime.p7s certificates has been revoked. What is the process of revocation in general? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users