[Enigmail] Personal Keys

[John Clizbe]

Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Les wrote:
>> Okay. not sure what S/MIME is
> 
> It's a competing standard to OpenPGP.  Unfortunately, S/MIME requires 
> you to pay money to use it--you have to pay Verisign, Thawte, or some 
> other company to get a key made.

You're not paying to get a key made. You are paying for them to vouch for your
identity, to some degree or another.

Free certificates are available from Thawte (even though they were bought by
VeriSlime); as well as CACert and TC TrustCenter GmbH.

http://www.thawte.com/secure-email/personal-email-certificates/index.html
http://www.cacert.org/
http://www.trustcenter.de/en/products/tc_internet_id.htm

Thawte and CACert have programs in place to create a network of assurers who can
verify identity beyond the basic Class 1 level.


-- 
John P. Clizbe                      Inet:   John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
You can't spell fiasco without SCO. PGP/GPG KeyID: 0x608D2A10/0x18BB373A
"what's the key to success?"        / "two words: good decisions."
"what's the key to good decisions?" /  "one word: experience."
"how do i get experience?"          / "two words: bad decisions."

"Just how do the residents of Haiku, Hawai'i hold conversations?"

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