Attila Csosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering about how can be the length of the pgp sign of a small
> and a very large mail is equal. Which part of the message will be
> encrypted?
As I understand it, a PGP signature is not an encryption of the message,
but an encryption of an MD5 (or SHA) *digest* of the message. This is
like a checksum, though much more sophisticated, but it is always the
same size. Therefore, the encryption of the message digest will also be
the same size, always.
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