Re: using gpg with private keys from openssl certificates?

2008-12-18 Thread arghman
Faramir-2 wrote: > > Rather than using the same key pair with x.509 and PGP, I would > suggest to use your x.509 certificate as a "proof" of your identity, and > if people accept that as a valid proof, then they would sign your pgp > key too. > Interesting, I'll look into that... >> The pa

Re: using gpg with private keys from openssl certificates?

2008-12-17 Thread arghman
>> * if I sign a message with that key pair, and someone challenges my >> identity, what's the best/easiest way for me to prove my identity? > >You can't. > >Identity cannot be proven. Evidence can be presented, but someone can s/prove/assert (at least I think assert is the right word... I coul

using gpg with private keys from openssl certificates?

2008-12-17 Thread arghman
I'm experimenting w/ using the "freemail" certificates from thawte & was just wondering if there is a way I can use them with gpg (openpgp, NOT S/MIME). I can figure out how to use openssl to extract the rsa public key / private key from the exported PKCS12 file, but I'm not sure how (or if) there