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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve been playing around some with OpenSSL recently, and it seems to me that the OpenSSL command structure is rather convoluted. I’ve read a number of articles, blog posts, etc. that criticize GNUPG and even make the case that people should stop using it, in large part because of concerns around the GNUPG command structure and general usability. Yet I can’t recall encountering any similar complaints about OpenSSL. I find this somewhat curious, and am wondering if there are OpenSSL detractors out there that I simply haven’t come across or if the OpenSSL command structure isn’t as complicated as it seems to me. Or if it seems to others that OpenSSL doesn’t get the same level of criticism as GNUPG does for usability, although the tools seem to offer a generally similar user experience. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I suppose that OpenSSL is geared toward a very technical and security-aware user base, who aren’t likely to complain about usability issues – while GNUPG is a tool that could be used by all sorts of users, some of whom are definitely not technically inclined or interested in details of information security. That alone could explain the difference, I suppose. But I’m wondering if anyone has any other thoughts around this topic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>