From 64f68589209347000619e5d459c1e21b05b430ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nils Ellmenreich <nils@infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 16:54:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] why no X509

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 doc/faq.raw | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/faq.raw b/doc/faq.raw
index bef313970..bc9170dfd 100644
--- a/doc/faq.raw
+++ b/doc/faq.raw
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ The most recent version of the FAQ is available from
 [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?