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It's true, S/MIME would seem to be a more convenient method for wide adoption...
by plg 12y ago
It's true, S/MIME would seem to be a more convenient method for wide adoption...
- Sae5waip 12y agoThe problem with S/MIME is that it is strictly hierarchical. That already hasn't worked well for TLS. The aim of email encryption is in a large part to prevent government-level parties from reading the emails. It doesn't really make sense to then go back to a system controlled by the very same parties. OpenPGPs web-of-trust model seems more appropriate. But both approaches share a significant number of problems, so...
- iancarroll 12y agoYeah. They're pretty much free too, from Comodo and Startcom. You can get one for ~$10 from Certum (what I use) and $30 from Globalsign. It's handy too, as I can sign emails using my iPhone just by importing my p12.