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GNUPG FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
-Version: 1.1
-Last-Modified: Mar 16, 2001
+Version: 1.2
+Last-Modified: Apr 4, 2001
Maintained-by: Nils Ellmenreich <nils 'at' gnupg.org>
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6.12) Older gpg's (e.g., 1.0) have problems with keys from newer gpgs ...
6.13) With 1.0.4, I get "this cipher algorithm is deprecated ..."
6.14) I still have a problem. How do I report a bug?
+ 6.15) Why doesn't GnuPG support X509 certificates?
7. ADVANCED TOPICS
7.1) How does this whole thing work?
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list. Otherwise, use the GUUG bug tracking system
http://bugs.guug.de/Reporting.html.
+6.15) Why doesn't GnuPG support X509 certificates?
+
+ GnuPG, first and foremost, is an implementation of the OpenPGP
+ standard (RFC 2440), which is a competing infrastructure, different
+ from X509.
+
+ They are both public-key cryptosystems, but how the public keys are
+ actually handled is different.
+
7. ADVANCED TOPICS
7.1) How does this whole thing work?