GPG Key Signing

[James Knott]

Jamon Camisso wrote:
> 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?

PGP is not as well supported by business as X.509 certificates.
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