Conversion between X509 certificates and gpg keys

[Florian Weimer]

Johan Wevers <johanw@vulcan.xs4all.nl> writes:

> I don't know much details from the public key certificates described in the
> X509 standard that most browsers support. Do they also use RSA and/or
> ElGamal?

I think you can use both.

> I'm asking because I would like to know if gpg keys can be uniquely
> converted to them and vice versa.

Yes, that's possible.  However, due to the nature of this process,
signatures on key material are not preserved which makes such
conversions pretty meaningless.