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Re: X.509 / PKI, PGP, and IBE Secure Email Technologies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aram Perez)
Wed Dec 7 14:40:29 2005
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From: Aram Perez <aramperez@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:36:13 -0800
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On Dec 7, 2005, at 8:40 AM, James A. Donald wrote:
> --
> From: Ed Gerck <edgerck@nma.com>
> Subject: X.509 / PKI, PGP, and IBE Secure
> Email Technologies
>
>> http://email-security.net/papers/pki-pgp-ibe.htm
>>
>> X.509 / PKI (Public-Key Infrastructure), PGP (Pretty
>> Good Privacy) and IBE (Identity-Based Encryption)
>> promise privacy and security for email. But comparing
>> these systems has been like comparing apples with
>> speedboats and wingbats. A speedboat is a bad apple,
>> and so on.
>
> We can, and should, compare any system with the attacks
> that are made upon it. As a boat should resist every
> probable storm, and if it does not it is a bad boat, an
> encryption system should resist every real threat, and
> if it does not it is a bad encryption system.
I'm sorry James, but you can't expect a (several hundred dollar)
rowboat to resist the same probable storm as a (million dollar)
yacht. There is no such thing as "one-size encryption system fits all
cases".
Regards,
Aram Perez
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