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Re: S/MIME winz

1998-03-11 00:50:51
* A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security wrote:
compliant. Will say that the crypto (other than being intercommunicating)
is really the least part - it is the directory and key management structure
that will make or break. At the moment it is the only one I have seen that 
is independant of a mail structure and provides for diversified management.
(opposing views welcome).

X.509 (aka S/MIME) is a strong hierachical PKI. PGP has a complete
distributed PKI.

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