On Apr 12, 2018 3:39 AM, Werner Koch <w...@gnupg.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:29, ed...@pettijohn-web.com said: > > > did a hexdump of the file and the first word is `99' which in binary > > would be `10011001'. I was expecting to encounter `11000110'. I'm > > OpenPGP (RFC-4880) has several ways to encode a packet header. This > first byte is called the CTB and reads: > > 0x10011001 > !^^^^##- 0x01 = 2 length bytes follow. > !!------- 0x06 = Public key > !-------- Clear = Old style CTB > 0x11000110 > !^^^^^^ > !!------- 0x06 = Public Key > !-------- Set = New style CTB > > For a new style CTB the length bytes are Hufmann like encoded. Bit 7 is > always set. A basic parser can be found in gpgme/src/data-identify.c >
Cool. I'll check that out. Thanks > > Shalom-Salam, > > Werner > > -- > # Please read: Daniel Ellsberg - The Doomsday Machine # > Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
