GnuPG feature request: Step-wise decryption

[abognupg at redtenbacher.de]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:19:11, David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com>
wrote:

 >What do you think about a general "--unwrap" command, which would peel
 >off the outermost layer (whether it is encryption or compression) and
 >stop there. Callers could re-submit the output back in for another
 >round of --unwrap if they want to go further.

Such a general "--unwrap" command would be great! This would be
completely sufficient to permit solving of all gateway
interoperability problems via small utility software, while leaving
the bulk of the work with GnuPG.

- Wolfgang Redtenbacher