On Thu, 25 May 2006, Julian Mehnle wrote:

> I think the page now makes a pretty good overview of the various e-mail 
> authentication solutions.  Further improvements and comments welcome!

Looks good.  I love the picture.

"The CA assures the receiver that the certificate was issued to a particular
person (not necessarily a particular e-mail address)."

In the case of cheap email certifications, the CA does *not* in fact
verify the person.  They only verify that the email address given can
reply to a confirmation message.  Of course, CAs can issue certificates
that verify the person, but these are more expensive.
(Except for http://www.cacert.org/ )

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