Differences amoung PGP/GPG versions

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, E. Wiliam Horne wrote:

> Derek,
>
> Thanks for your explanation. I'll go to the well one more time, and ask
> that you/the list broaden the discussion to include X.509 certificate
> signing and ask the list if the BLU should get involved with that.
>
> While I realize the PGP/GPG is a separate system than the X.509 model,
> I'm trying to find ways to make both interoperate. If that means writing
> Java to plug into Netscape, or other ways to make PGP/GPG transparent to
> end users, then that's what I'm after.

The December meeting is focused on PGP/GPG. I'm not coversant with X.509,
and I've never heard anyone talk about X.509 signing parties. I doubt we
could really do the topic justice if we added it to the PGP discussion.

If someone is interested in giving a separate talk about X.509 at a
later meeting, I'm open to that. That could certainly include
interoperability issues.

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John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
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