using gpg with private keys from openssl certificates?

[Andre Amorim]

>X.509 (the standard used by freemail certs) and OpenPGP use the same
>underlying algorithms, but the protocols are dramatically different.
>Making them interoperate is hard, and is usually not worth it.

Robert did you already check this:

FREEICP.ORG: FREE TRUSTED CERTIFICATES BY COMBINING THE X.509
HIERARCHY AND THE PGP WEB OF TRUST THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE TRUST
SCORING SYSTEM

http://middleware.internet2.edu/pki03/presentations/02.pdf

[s]
Andre Amorim

2008/12/17 arghman <jmsachs at gmail.com>:
>
>>> * if I sign a message with that key pair, and someone challenges my
>>> identity, what's the best/easiest way for me to prove my identity?
>>
>>You can't.
>>
>>Identity cannot be proven.  Evidence can be presented, but someone can
>
> s/prove/assert
>
> (at least I think assert is the right word... I couldn't think of the right
> word when I wrote that)
>
> I don't need them to interoperate, I would just like to use the same key
> pair. WoT is fine but it would be nice to have a way to assert that [X = the
> person in possession of private key K_pr = me + anyone I'm stupid enough to
> share my private key with] is both trustable via Wot, *or* by trusting a
> certificate authority. "trustable" probably not the right word but I'm a bit
> shaky on the protocol vocabulary.
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