Arshad Noor wrote: > > So, if I understand this correctly, the primary difference > between what this message contains and S/MIME is that they > chose to use a proprietary format for securing the e-mail > as opposed to an industry standard that has been around for > nearly 2 decades and is implemented in every major MUA. > > Since they could have implemented the exact same business > capability using S/MIME, it sounds like this scheme was > created to only lock in merchants. Doesn't appear to add > any new value to the field of security.
I concur. From my point as a S/MIME user (and consultant) the Mozilla developers should focus on improving the UI for certificate and S/MIME handling instead of implementing such a proprietary mechanism. Ciao, Michael. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
