GPG Key Signing

[Jamon Camisso]

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James Knott wrote:
> Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>> I believe that there is a large IT mainstream out there that is
>> concerned about security, that is being sold overpriced (and
>> deliberately obscured) bills of goods by Thawte and Verisign resellers.
>> The knowledge that the software (such as GNUPG), the signings and even
>> the certificates themselves can be had at no cost can be a very
>> attractive draw that can bring new people to (and new awareness of)
>> GTALUG and open source in general.
> 
> Thawte has free personal email certificates.

I think Evan's thought is that Thawte are selling something that is
freely and openly available by other means. Sure you can use Thawte for
your email, but why not use pgp and do it yourself?
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