On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Mark L. Jackson wrote: > Recently I recommended the PGP E-pliance with regards to this thread. This > morning my channel partner informed me that PGP is being folded into Mcafee > (due to not being able to sell the division I presume). I was told that the > entire PGP staff was given 'final checks' and sent home. With that in mind I > would not recommend any of the PGP hardware products. As good as they were; > with no support left, they are now a liability.
Anyone use GNUPG? It uses a "web of trust" that fellow humans certify you are who you are. IE if Alice says that Bob is who is is and you trust Alice then you trust that the mail signed by Bob is really from Bob. This approach is radically different from the PGP way pushed by Network Associates where there is a root authority stamping everyone's certificate. This is almost a perfect example of how the GNU way is better: the potential collapse of the root person might cause the downfall of the system. See also where Verisign signed a fake certificate for someone they thought worked for Microsoft. http://www.gnupg.org Chris
