From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:37:06 +0800
To: "Nobuki Nakatuji" <bd1011@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: S/MIME
In-Reply-To: <19971103044957.24885.qmail@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <199711031419.JAA11804@users.invweb.net>
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In <19971103044957.24885.qmail@hotmail.com>, on 11/02/97 
   at 08:49 PM, "Nobuki Nakatuji" <bd1011@hotmail.com> said:

>Is S/MIME secure than PGP ?


No it is not!

S/MIME specs require support for weak RC2/40 encryption. This is not
secure!!! Add to this the fact that to date no S/MIME vendor has ever
released their crypto source code. I for one would not trust Net$cape or
Micro$oft to secure an outhouse let alone my communications. They have
shown their incompentence in this area time and time again.

Weak Crypto = No Security
No Source   = No Security


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