On Jul 29, 2:32 pm, Jan Steffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kariem Hussein wrote: > > I've been using the Enigmail plug-in but I am not sure about how it > > conforms to standards compared to S/MIME. That's why I wanted to > > switch. > > EnigMail conforms to standards, but not to the S/MIME-Standard. :-) > It uses OpenPGP and PGP/MIME. > S/MIME and OpenPGP use similar encryption methods, but are, > unfortunately, not compatible.
Thank you, Jan. My wording was not very clear, sorry. I wanted to say that I did not know, whether PGP was built on a standard other than those evolved from from the original PGP in the early 90s. I found some information here, and of course at Wikipedia. There is certainly very good information on Wikipedia about S/MIME and OpenPGP and PGP/MIME, but I am still not sure about (future built-in) support in standard email applications or even browsers using webmail. Currently I'd favor S/MIME with capabilities built into popular mail clients and browsers. I just cannot imagine how I could send signed mails, if the receiving party has to install additional software to verify the signature. Cheers, Kariem _______________________________________________ dev-security mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security
