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[H H1]GNUPG FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS[H /H1]
-Version: 1.1[H p]
-Last-Modified: Mar 16, 2001[H p]
+Version: 1.2[H p]
+Last-Modified: Apr 4, 2001[H p]
Maintained-by: [$maintainer]
@@ -642,6 +642,15 @@ in it - why?
[H a href=http://bugs.guug.de/Reporting.html]
http://bugs.guug.de/Reporting.html[H /a].
+<Q> 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.
+
<S> ADVANCED TOPICS
<Q> How does this whole thing work?