Re: Kmail encryption

On Friday 19 August 2011, James K. Gruetzner wrote:
> Hi, all,
> 
> Based upon negative results with internet search engines, I think I
> already know the answer to this, but on the chance that my innate
> ignorance has once again manifested itself, I thought I'd check
> here.
> 
> My company uses Entrust SSL (?) for encrypting personal information. 
> As near as I can tell, there is no way to use this within kmail, or
> even within Linux at all.

That's difficult to answer. I had a quick look at their website. They 
offer SSL certificates, they offer PKI and they offer an encryption 
gateway. On http://www.entrust.com/secure-email/index.htm they write

"For organizations or individuals that don't require a full e-mail 
encryption platform, Entrust offers publicly trusted secure e-mail 
digital certificates that enable users to encrypt and digitally sign e-
mails and other documents. Based on the S/MIME standard, these 
specialized certificates are compatible with today's most popular e-mail 
applications (e.g., Microsoft Outlook/Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, 
Apple Mail and more)."

As they mention the S/MIME standard and say that it works for Mozilla 
Thunderbird then I see no reason why it shouldn't work with KMail as 
well. KMail supports encryption with S/MIME. Moreover, KMail supports 
SSL for the common mail protocols SMTP (for sending) and IMAP and POP 
(for receiving/reading).

But maybe Entrust SSL is something completely different.


Regards,
Ingo

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