The OpenPGP encrypted data format (RFC 4880), and its implementations PGP and GnuPG.
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Alice trusts Bob only when Bob trusts Alice
some story first: Alice and Bob both have public/private key pairs. Now Bob wants Alice to sign his public key id. Alice agrees but only when Bob signs the public key id of her.
Is this something ...
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How does GPG verify succesful decryption?
How does GPG (or other programs using the OpenPGP file format) verify that it has succeeded with decryption (for symmetrically encrypted data)?
Is something appended to the clear text so there exist ...
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Is this a correctly formatted PGP session key packet?
RFC 4880 may be full of information, but it can be incredibly vague at times, so im looking for someone who actually knows the answer to this.
Given this public key:
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OpenPGP Signature Packet hashed data
RFC 4880 describes the version 4 signature packet, tag 2, as
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Can I use PGP to sign a message without providing cryptographic non-repudation?
The difference between a digital signature and a MAC is non-repudiation. A message with a digital signature proves that only the sender could have signed the message, whereas a message with a MAC ...
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How to properly format a PGP Message Block?
As sort of a follow up to my (currently) unanswered question, if it is correct, how do i properly calculate and format the packet that actually stores the data being encrypted? I thought I knew what I ...
