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From: aditya.deshmukh at online.gateway.technolabs.net (Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh]) Subject: OpenPGP (GnuPG) vs. S/MIME > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'd like to open a discussion about PGP vs. S/MIME . > > I've been pondering secure (or at least verifiable) mail lately and I > see these two standards as the main options available at this point. > > It seems to me that PGP is the better of the two options because: > - - cryptographically, it appears more secure (i.e. larger public key > sizes possible) no i can make pgp keys of 8192 bit size as well as openssl key of the same size so the larger key sizes is not an issue - as you asked it i tried to download a version of pgp that would make keys greater that 8192, i got ckt verison that can make 16 * 1024 bit keys but with openssl i can go higher very easily like 32 * 1024 bit about key algos / hash algos both can use the same algorithms viz: MD5 and SHA1 and encryption can be 3DES or AES > - - it seems to be more widely used based on what data may i know please ? > - - it is easier to use (debateable) debetable, yes but both have good frontends that are freeware and very stable to for everyday use. > - - its free both are free ( pgp is on gunpg.org and ssl is at openssl.org ) > - - PGP in general is more flexible flexible is a very general term, depends upon what you are doing. the only ________________________________________________________________________ Delivered using the Free Personal Edition of Mailtraq (www.mailtraq.com)
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