Re: TODO: GNU TLS

* 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.
Thanks,
    Stephen