-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Om 19:43 op woensdag 16 januari 2002, Geordon VanTassle:
> I'm wondering what you all think of OpenPGP vs. S/MIME. What is the > benefit of one over the other? Is there one? Which do you prefer, and > why? I prefer PGP to S/MIME, simply because S/MIME sends your complete public key with every message as an attachment, which effectively turns a 100 byte message to an 8K one. PGP is way nicer to the recepient than that (conceded, it is not free of annoyances either, I find things like "Hash:" at the beginning of your message irritating and unnecessary, likewise with the inserting of "- " on every line that starts with a dash.) PGP does inline signing, S/MIME (it's in the name) uses MIME (attachments) for signing, which "some older mailclients" do not understand. The only real 'drawback' to PGP that I can think of is that you have to build up your own 'web of trust'. But OTOH, for the really paranoid, that is just a big plus :) Go PGP, I'd say. Mrten. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBPEX3bktQMadp+KslEQL3eQCeJj+FxfF3m7mG8ZTx8jyrYISZyUkAnjbI /Rg/sY26t0KUGEuwnCFPoQK/ =5efB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
