-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dierk!
On Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 11:53:10 +0200 (5:53 AM my local time) Dierk Haasis wrote in: msgid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DH> On Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 10:45:27 AM you wrote: >> The only claim I'm actually making is that the whole idea of >> digital signatures is pointless. DH> So, this whole discussion shows various reasons (from trust into DH> issuers to reliability) why S/MIME is *not* superior to PGP. I like the concept of s/mime but based on the problems we've encountered here, it doesn't seem quite ready for prime time. However, I don't think we should give up on it. I'm sure eventually the flaws will be sorted out. In the meantime, for anything secure I prefer pgp. I never liked the s/mime concept that I had to get a cert from a 3rd party who would have a copy of my key. I like the fact that I can generate my own with pgp. I also like the fact that I can get someone else's public key easily off of the key servers. I can always request a copy from the party directly, if I'm concerned that the published key is in question. This seems more sensible to me than jumping hoops to try and get other s/mime certs working. I still would like to get s/mime working smoothly because some people will never use pgp but might try s/mime. At least we have both options available with The Bat. - -- Kevin Coates Dewitt, NY USA ____________________________________________________________ AIM:kbc49 ICQ:2727351 Yahoo/MSM:kbc1949 . The Bat! 1.60k Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 6.5.8ckt Comment: KeyID: 0xD7974E1C iQA/AwUBPOe68foi7szXl04cEQIwqwCeMFsAnUDFC2th5ejZ4wapLVW450EAnRjX l2tI+8aqdiuG+k6ll7XMO13I =kTqa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bugs/Wishes: https://bt.ritlabs.com/
