selective --throw-keyid?
sen_ml at eccosys.com
sen_ml at eccosys.com
Wed Oct 27 00:18:17 CEST 1999
hello-
is it possible in theory to create a message in which --throw-keyid
applies to particular keys only (and have this be useful)? the
documentation for --throw-keyid says:
--throw-keyid
Do not put the keyid into encrypted packets.
This option hides the receiver of the message
and is a countermeasure against traffic analy
sis. It may slow down the decryption process
because all available secret keys are tried.
what i would like is to be able to have some keyids appears in
encrypted packets and other keyids to not appear. the idea being that
some recipients use gnupg (so decrypting messages created w/
--throw-keyid is possible) and others use pgp (so decrypting messages
created w/ --throw-keyid is not possible -- well, at least it didn't
work when i tested it).
does this idea make any sense, and if so, how hard would it be to
implement?
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