Re: TODO: GNU TLS

On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 14:28 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Joshua D. Drake (jd@commandprompt.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > The reason I wanted to use PGP is that I already have a PGP key. X.509
> > > certificates are far too complicated (a certificate authority is a
> > > useless extra step in my case).
> > 
> > Complete side note but one feature that I brought up to my team a
> > potentially useful would be to allow the use of ssh keys for
> > authentication.
> > 
> > SSH keys are far more prevalent, and they are understood even at the
> > medium corporate level.
> 
> While this may be true it's certainly also true that X.509 keys are
> understood at both the medium corporate level and mid-level gov't (at
> least in the US), especially inside the DOD, where they've been
> mandated, as I recall.

I am not against X.509 at all. I was saying that instead of PGP, ssh
keys may make more sense.

J


> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>         Stephen
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