Is input.pgp a test file that you created? There is an attack that involves inserting a small section of unencrypted garbage in the file.
Sometimes gpg --list-packets input.pgp can give clues. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:28 PM, John Betz <jb...@infimark.com> wrote: > I was hoping to get some help with decrypting an archived file. I am > using the following command: > > > > > > echo “passphrase”| gpg --passphrase-fd 0 -o output.txt -d input.pgp > > > > > > The output file is created with no problem, however, there is garbage in > the first record. If I rename the file (or create it) with a .zip extension > and try to open it with WinZip it does not recognize the file as an archive > file. When I do the same operation with PGP there is no problem. > > > > I have scoured the documentation looking for the correct command or option > for indicating to gpg that the file is an archive file, but no to no avail. > Any help I can get with this would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > John Betz > > (office) 703-490-3227 > > (cell) 703-304-2536 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > -- There's a box?
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