On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 11:11, Sumit Dhar wrote: > 2. How compatible are gnupg and pgp?
http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html#q5 > 3. Lastly, anyone can send their keys to the keyserver. How does the > keyserver authenticate that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is really X and not some > impersonator?? Or is that beyond the jurisdiction of the key server? > Does the key server also act as some sort of Certification Authority?? > If no, how can I integrate these two functions? it doesn't. there is no central CA. instead, you have to get someone to certify that you are who you say you are. and then everyone who trusts that person will trust your identity. i think it's called the "web of trust". this is the exact same way CA's like verisign work; it's just that everyone's browser comes automatically knowin and trusting verisign. hth. -jon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || www.divisionbyzero.com gpg key: www.divisionbyzero.com/pubkey.asc think i have a virus?: www.divisionbyzero.com/pgp.html "You are in a twisty little maze of Sendmail rules, all confusing."
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