Alexander Willner wrote the following on 1/26/11 2:28 AM: > I'm usually using OpenPGP/MIME together with S/MIME. Can you elaborate > exactly in which cases they don't play well together?
In order to learn more about github and S/MIME I have found the following: <https://github.com/GPGMail/GPGMail/wiki/Old-Todo-List> You might be interested in: <http://luxsci.com/blog/installing-smime-and-pgp-encryption-certificates-into-major-email-clients.html>. If this long URL causes problems, try using its TinyURL equivalent: <http://tinyurl.com/nknrpj> The following post on the Enigmail forum covers quite extensively OpenPGP/MIME and S/MIME, although it does not focus on your question "...they don't play well together?" <http://mozilla-enigmail.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=67?> I don't know of any software conflict when signing an e-mail using both OpenPGP/MIME and S/MIME, although that possibility had been raised in GPGMail's forum around 2003. I have found multiple references that preclude using both PGP/MIME (that's not OpenPGP/MIME) and S/MIME. PGP/MIME refers to PGP Corporation, now a part of Symantec. In a very simplistic way, S/MIME seems "easier" to implement, because it does not require the installation (and updating) of a cryptographic system like GnuPG. It requires the user to obtain a certificate (a "key" in OpenPGP parlance) from a CA, and to import that certificate in the user's S/MIME capable e-mail client or browser (easier said than done, but doable all the same). Free certificates are valid for one year, then the user has to apply for a new certificate. Paid-for certificates may have extended validity. I have Alex's S/MIME certificate in my Keychain Access utility, part of the MacOSX installation. The use of either or both protocols is up to the user's decision. I use OpenPGP/MIME, when required. Charly _______________________________________________ gpgtools-users mailing list [email protected] Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users Unsubscribe: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 This email sent to: [email protected]
