Hello,
first: Congratulations on the new release!
Am Dienstag 19 März 2019 12:28:25 schrieb Werner Koch:
> The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is a complete and free implementation
> of the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards.
Noticed that "S/MIME" also includes the email part,
which I don't think GnuPG fully provides.
Cryptography is complicated enough, so we should try to be as clear as we can.
To suggest something better is hard, some thoughts and ideas:
Mentioning "S/MIME" is good as this is a well known keyword for the open
standard (beside OpenPGP) that GnuPG is used for. While "Cryptographic
Message Syntax (CMS)" would be technical more on a similiar level like
OpenPGP, it is less known and such harder to understand.
What about
"The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) provides a complete and free engine
to implement email and file cryptography by OpenPGP and S/MIME standards."
Or maybe
"The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is a complete and free implementation
of the OpenPGP and CMS standards needed for OpenPGP/- or S/MIME mails."
or
"The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is a complete and free implementation
of the OpenPGP and CMS standards. CMS is needed for S/MIME mails."
Best Regards,
Bernhard
ps.: Sendign this to -devel@ because I think it is a concern for people
producing GnuPG.
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first: Congratulations on the new release!
Am Dienstag 19 März 2019 12:28:25 schrieb Werner Koch:
> The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is a complete and free implementation
> of the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards.
Noticed that "S/MIME" also includes the email part,
which I don't think GnuPG fully provides.
Cryptography is complicated enough, so we should try to be as clear as we can.
To suggest something better is hard, some thoughts and ideas:
Mentioning "S/MIME" is good as this is a well known keyword for the open
standard (beside OpenPGP) that GnuPG is used for. While "Cryptographic
Message Syntax (CMS)" would be technical more on a similiar level like
OpenPGP, it is less known and such harder to understand.
What about
"The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) provides a complete and free engine
to implement email and file cryptography by OpenPGP and S/MIME standards."
Or maybe
"The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is a complete and free implementation
of the OpenPGP and CMS standards needed for OpenPGP/- or S/MIME mails."
or
"The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is a complete and free implementation
of the OpenPGP and CMS standards. CMS is needed for S/MIME mails."
Best Regards,
Bernhard
ps.: Sendign this to -devel@ because I think it is a concern for people
producing GnuPG.
--
www.intevation.de/~bernhard +49 541 33 508 3-3
Intevation GmbH, Osnabrück, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabrück, HRB 18998
Geschäftsführer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner