On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:13:42 +0200 (CEST), Engin Gunduz said: > But, isn't the armor there to "protect" the key (from transmission > errors). If the armor is invalid, probably gnupg must not trust > the key inside the armor? No, the armor is only used to let the message pass over text only channels. We don't trust the armor. Salam-Shalom, Werner