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Re: pgp signing in van

2013-09-10 11:46:46
On Mon, 9 Sep 2013, Fernando Gont wrote:

It might be worth thinking about why ssh and ssl work so well, and
PGP/GPG don't.

Just a quick guess: SSL works automagically, PGP doesn't. So even if the
user doesn't care, SSL is there. PGP, OTOH, usually requires explicit
installation of a plug in and weird stuff (for mere mortals) such as
generating keys, etc.

Related (does not take away the full pain):

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wouters-dane-openpgp-00

Paul

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