Aside: GPG-1.2 useless

Thu Sep 26 15:01:02 2002

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Hugh Daniel wrote:
>
>   Sadly GPG-1.2 still can not do the PGP2 protocol correctly, so it is
> only somewhat useful as a file integrity check system...still.
>
>   Quickly the failure is simple:
>
> ahost$ echo "This is a test." > foo
> ahost$ gpg --no-options --pgp2 --armor -r (((your_key))) --sign =
--encrypt
foo
> ahost$ pgp2 foo.asc
> ...
> Unsupported packet format - you need a newer version of PGP for this =
file.
> ...

It looks like the problem is that gpg 1.20 is not setting =
"force-v3-sigs"
when --pgp2 is specifed.  If  "force-v3-sigs" is specified, the example
shown below works fine.

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<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>Hugh Daniel wrote:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
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GPG-1.2 still can not do the PGP2 protocol correctly, so it is<BR>&gt; =
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system...still.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Quickly the failure is=20
simple:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; ahost$ echo "This is a test." &gt; foo<BR>&gt; =
ahost$=20
gpg --no-options --pgp2 --armor -r (((your_key))) --sign=20
--encrypt<BR>foo<BR>&gt; ahost$ pgp2 foo.asc<BR>&gt; ...<BR>&gt; =
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packet format - you need a newer version of PGP for this file.<BR>&gt;=20
...<BR><BR><BR>It looks like the problem is that gpg 1.20 is not setting =

"force-v3-sigs"<BR>when --pgp2 is specifed.&nbsp; If&nbsp; =
"force-v3-sigs" is=20
specified, the example<BR>shown below works =
fine.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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