On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 02:09:15PM -0400, Jack via Gnupg-users wrote: > On 2024.06.13 06:57, ael via Gnupg-users wrote: > > Further thoughts on detecting a mistaken passphrase entry when > > encrypting. I have looked at both > > man gpg-agent and info [...snip..]
> I'm no expert in this area, but something struck me - is the passprase you > are entering protecting the key you are using for encryption, or is the > passphrase itself being used for encryption? I am using symmetric encryption, so the usual public/private keys are not relevant in this situation. > Does this help at all, or have I missed something? Unless I too have missed something, then I don't think this applies to the symmetric case. But thanks for the suggestion. In passing, for further background, all of this is happening on an mounted encrypted volume. I am guarding against malware that might be able to read the temporarily decrypted file. At least the other files on the mounted volume are protected by the second level of gpg symmetric encryption. Rather like a password manager that handles more general files with the manager database only on the (temporarily mounted) encrypted volume. ael _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
