Hi,
I consider PGP more secure than S/MIME, because you have more control over
each step and you get the source. However most ordinary users don't
understand how to operate it and therefore prefer S/MIME (if any encryption
at all).
"Nelson B. Bolyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I appreciate that S/MIME is based on certificates, I think of that
> as a flaw in S/MIME, not a benefit. As you know, getting a certificate
> means giving all your information (and some money? I know it costs money
> for a secure website) to some big company that personally I don't
> particularly trust at all.
As a workaround for this I created a "free CA" on http://www.barmala.com/CA/
On Thursday,April 26, 2001 04:13 Frank Hecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... could be done in the S/MIME world by
> allowing users to generate public/private key pairs and then issue
> their own (self-signed) certificates to themselves.
On Thursday, April 26, 2001 5:03 AM "Ben Bucksch"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I did try to use that at some point. I was turned off by the fact that
> existing clients (Messenger 4.x, maybe also Outlook [Express]) on the
> recipient side boldly mark my certificate as INVALID in the UI. This
> scares recipients too much - not workable.
That's also an issue with my CA. You have to import my root certificate and
because I don't verify the user's identity in any way, you have to decide
whether to find you own method to do this e. g. by registering your
"Fingerprint" at the personel department, because as ...
Frank Hecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Corporations already have lots of information about their employees
> and a pre-existing relationship with them.
and this may even be true for your sports club or any other organization.
Please let me know what you think about this site.
Christian Barmala
