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Alphax wrote:
> JIH, DOUG Y. wrote:
>> I got the following messages when I tried to decrypt a file.gpg with
>> the size 4,920,412,393 bytes.
>>
>> gpg: AES256 encrypted data
>> gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase
>> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=7e)
>> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=32)
>> gpg: WARNING: encrypted message has been manipulated!
>> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2c)
>>
>> The file was produced by encrypting with
>>
>> gpg -c --cipher aes256 file
>>
>> When the error messages occured, the output file has a size of
>> 614,055,611 bytes.
>>
>> Can anyone please help!
>>
>> Using gpg version 1.4.2, official Windows version
>>
>
> I have a feeling Windows has problems with files this large, esp. on NTFS.
>
I recall this being a common error with GnuPG on Win32.
The usual work-around if I recall correctly is to use redirection:
gpg < file.gpg > file.out
Has the file been manipulated or moved between systems since it was encrypted?
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