Hello Mrten!
On Wednesday, January 16, 2002 at 11:58:03 PM you wrote:
> 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.
Actually I see this as the only plus of S/MIME - the recipient does
not have to have a (complicated) programme to be installed.
> 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 :)
This "drawback" on the OTOH - as you pointed out - is the main
advantage of PGP. It does not depend on a (dubious) central
certificate ("trust") owner.
There is a short essay by Phil Zimmermann on cryptography containing
something about the differences between S/MIME (and similar schemes)
and PGP. It is the first part of the manual. You can get it separately
(i.e. here: http://www.write4u.de/Dateien/PGP_Crypto_English.pdf).
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