On 8 Jan 2015, Mike Hearn wrote: > The main reason I suggest just extending the existing PKI > infrastructure is that having used both, I've found S/MIME a lot > easier to use both for myself and others I've nudged into sending me > encrypted email.
It does have its perks. With your suggestion it sounds like the same concept of ad-hoc-CAs could be approached from "the other side" just as well, tough to say how the strengths and weaknesses would balance out. Indeed the only reason I base my work on OpenPGP is that I have more background with it. > In the past few years I've worked on a lot of end-user facing > software so I tend to freak out about implementation costs and look > for the laziest, smallest next steps possible. Yeah, it's difficult to find a good level of ambition (sup PEP). - V _______________________________________________ Messaging mailing list [email protected] https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging
