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RE: OpenPGP vs. X.509/PKCS




> At the time PGP was created, there were a LOT of things that PGP
> could offer than X.509 could not.  To name a few:
> 
>  - PGP certificates are MUCH smaller than X.509 in terms of 
the number
>    of bytes required to represent the same semantic content.

If you see this as an important advantage, I can't understand why
still nobody is iteressted in integrating elliptic curves into the
openPGP standard (as I proposed in last august, you may find it at:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-scherkl-openpgp-ecc-00.txt).

This Draft is now expired, but I still want it to become part 
of openPGP.

PS: my mail-account has changed:

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Dominikus Scherkl
Mail: dominikusscherkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx