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why no X509

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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]
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[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?