Re: PGP vs. certificate from Verisign

OpenPGP is free :) as are other implementations of PGP.

Paying VeriSign to create a digital certificate for you
is not worth it, considering most of the encryption you
run into in the wild is PGP keys.

-Anne

Kamal Habayeb grabbed a keyboard and typed...
> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to get some expert opinions on which is better. Using Outlook
> 2002, would it be better to use PGP to encrypt messages or use the built-in
> option with a digital certificate from Verisign (or some other CA)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kamal
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