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How does S/MIME differ from PGP/GPG, for the purpose of signing and/or encrypting email?

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Mar 15, 202615055 views
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In addition to the titular question, are the two technologies compatible? If so, under what circumstances? What are the relative benefits of the two technologies?

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S/MIME and PGP are incompatible, but they do use similar concepts (asymmetric encryption and public key certificates). The biggest difference is that S/MIME is based on X.509 public key infrastructure and has the same issues as with SSL: if you want…

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