Hi A. Curtis Martin,
On Saturday, September 23, 2000 at 11:58:31 PM you wrote:
OS>> - Doesn't it work only with certificates from some special
OS>> certification authority? Costing lots of money? Why would I use that
OS>> (considering it's not in any wide-spread use, IMHO)?
> If you're already using PGP, there's no real need to use it. Some may
> trust your signature more, if you have a S/MIME certificate certified by
> a certification authority. The PGP web of trust and upheld policy to not
> wantonly sign certificates as valid unless the other party is sure makes
> PGP's certification approach if not exceed that of S/MIME.
I think it's even good for PGP that two business partners can have
their keys signed by someone they both trust. That whole
certificate authority thing has too much of a centralized organization to
me.
> With respect to cosy, it doesn't cost anything to be certified provided
> that you find an authorised Notary. If not then at Thawte, you need to
> pay US$25 and send proof of your identity by mail before you can get
> certified.
I heard that wasn't even a one-time fine, but something you had to pay
regularly? And is that the same cost for personal and commercial use?
Anyway, if there's an advantage to S/MIME, it might be that I can
trust someone's key if it's signed by a known authority. With PGP,
there's a lot of hassle to get my own key signed by some folks who are
widely-known, and there still might be someone who doesn't trust it,
anyway. Personally, I don't usually exchange encrypted mail with
people I don't know, but if I did, I'd be grateful for a central
authority. A notary (is that the word for that kind of lawyer?)
wouldn't be the same, either.
Oliver Sturm
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