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S/MIME and OpenPGP

similarity: both depends on public/private keys to encrypt/authenticate msg ( emails),

difference:  how to distribute the public keys.

S/MIME is similar to TLS, need to depends on X.509 certificate

OpenPGP depends on web of trust to distribute the public key.

 

references:

http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/7874/how-does-pgp-differ-from-s-mime

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