Re: why cissp says this about PGP/GnuPG?

2006-08-26 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
Beff Con wrote: I wonder why PGP is not good enough to encrypt spy information? Personally, I'd use a one time pad for that sort of information. Ben ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org

Re: why cissp says this about PGP/GnuPG?

2006-08-25 Thread John Clizbe
Philipp Gühring wrote: Hi, Be warned that the CISSP certification is not universally loved. Many people feel that it is of dubious quality. Are there any facts or reasons against CISSP? Are there any alternatives? Google security+certifications

Re: why cissp says this about PGP/GnuPG?

2006-08-24 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Philipp Gühring wrote: Are there any facts or reasons against CISSP? Are there any alternatives? Many. Google for CISSP criticisms and you'll find a lot of reasons to suspect the CISSP, along with some well-regarded alternatives to it. CISSP nominally requires four years of industry

why cissp says this about PGP/GnuPG?

2006-08-23 Thread Beff Con
Hi, list! I'm reading a book named ALL-in-One CISSP Certification Exam Guide by Shon Harris, 3ed. And in Chapter 8 Cryptography, I came across a paragraph like this: How strong of a protection mechanism is required depends on the sensitivity of the data being protected. It is not necessary

Re: why cissp says this about PGP/GnuPG?

2006-08-23 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Beff Con wrote: I'm reading a book named ALL-in-One CISSP Certification Exam Guide by Shon Harris, 3ed. And in Chapter 8 Cryptography, I came across a paragraph like this: Be warned that the CISSP certification is not universally loved. Many people feel that it is of dubious quality.

Re: why cissp says this about PGP/GnuPG?

2006-08-23 Thread Chris De Young
How strong of a protection mechanism is required depends on the sensitivity of the data being protected. It is not necessary to encrypt information about a friend's Saturday barbeque with a top-secret encryption algorithm; I'd even disagree with this -- while it's not necessary, I'd say it is