signed symmetric message

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Hash: SHA1

(responding to self)

> if i create a message using "gpg -sc", and then read the message, i'm told:
> 	gpg: Good signature from "xxx <xxx at xxx.xxx>"
> 	gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected
>
> is it just me, or do those two messages seem to contradict each other?
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creating the message using "gpg --force-mdc -sc" seems to produce the same 
results.


         ...atom

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  PGP key - http://atom.smasher.org/pgp.txt
  762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
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 	"Everyone thinks of changing the world,
 	 but no one thinks of changing himself."
 		-- Tolstoy
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Version: GnuPG v1.3.6 (FreeBSD)
Comment: What is this gibberish?
Comment: http://atom.smasher.org/links/#digital_signatures

iEYEARECAAYFAkDbvB0ACgkQnCgLvz19QePkfQCghKd/T2zOreyvLWbRirL4Oxke
I64AmgK/X0YDPL67n8gXmEBLXMnB07lq
=X71o
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