-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Mrten,
Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 5:58:03 PM, you wrote: M> Om 19:43 op woensdag 16 januari 2002, Geordon VanTassle: >> I'm wondering what you all think of OpenPGP vs. S/MIME. What is >> the benefit of one over the other? Is there one? Which do you >> prefer, and why? M> I prefer PGP to S/MIME, simply because S/MIME sends your complete public M> key with every message as an attachment, which effectively turns a 100 M> byte message to an 8K one. M> PGP is way nicer to the recepient than that (conceded, it is not free of M> annoyances either, I find things like "Hash:" at the beginning of your M> message irritating and unnecessary, likewise with the inserting of "- " on M> every line that starts with a dash.) M> PGP does inline signing, S/MIME (it's in the name) uses MIME (attachments) M> for signing, which "some older mailclients" do not understand. M> The only real 'drawback' to PGP that I can think of is that you have to M> build up your own 'web of trust'. But OTOH, for the really paranoid, that M> is just a big plus :) M> Go PGP, I'd say. M> Mrten. is that why when i tried to verify this message i got an error saying unknown key? than i couldn't import your key.. strange - -- Best regards, Nicholas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] rten, Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 5:58:03 PM, you wrote: M> Om 19:43 op woensdag 16 januari 2002, Geordon VanTassle: >> I'm wondering what you all think of OpenPGP vs. S/MIME. What is >> the benefit of one over the other? Is there one? Which do you >> prefer, and why? M> I prefer PGP to S/MIME, simply because S/MIME sends your complete public M> key with every message as an attachment, which effectively turns a 100 M> byte message to an 8K one. M> PGP is way nicer to the recepient than that (conceded, it is not free of M> annoyances either, I find things like "Hash:" at the beginning of your M> message irritating and unnecessary, likewise with the inserting of "- " on M> every line that starts with a dash.) M> PGP does inline signing, S/MIME (it's in the name) uses MIME (attachments) M> for signing, which "some older mailclients" do not understand. M> The only real 'drawback' to PGP that I can think of is that you have to M> build up your own 'web of trust'. But OTOH, for the really paranoid, that M> is just a big plus :) M> Go PGP, I'd say. M> Mrten. is that why when i tried to verify this message i got an error saying unknown key? than i couldn't import your key.. strange - -- Best regards, Nicholas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBPEYGn7EqZZp21FYpEQK3KACgvebbND+gBttCUeE2pUw7oNOUsuUAoL1i mqrUEu+EwlqsbPNgbss9pXOH =el9z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
