-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 02:24 am, Plan9 wrote: > If I edit the example and place a blank line after the Version: line > then pgp will also decrypt it. PGP 8.1 has no problems with either > form. > > -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- > Version: OpenPrivacy 0.99 > > yDgBO22WxBHv7O8X7O/jygAEzol56iUKiXmV+XmpCtmpqQUKiQrFqclFqUDBovzS > vBSFjNSiVHsuAA== > =njUN > -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
As I understand it -- and I'm no expert -- the blank line is required to separate the header from the encrypted body. As well as version information, the header may also contain one (or more) comment line(s); without the blank line, the software has no way of knowing where the header ends and the body begins -- although it appears that PGP 8.1 is prepared to make an educated quess... Pete. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCNq9C+Kt3WDVX4jQRAp+QAKDHxf2eOY5FScs20CcRTdMwg9oYEwCfawl3 KrI4lyzIcSP+xc5F/hYncno= =B19H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
