Ohhhh jeeee: no verify() for 16

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Mon Feb 12 10:33:39 CET 2007


On Fri,  9 Feb 2007 17:46, zahn at snafu.de said:

> gpg: Ohhhh jeeee: no verify() for 16

This is the Elgamal algorithm which can't be used for signing.
Something with your message or key is broken.

> ? I had it with gnupg 1.4.6, thought it might be time to upgrade to 
> 2.0.2, but now the error is replaced by this
>
> an mpi of size 0 is not allowed
> an mpi of size 0 is not allowed

Very good.  That does not bail out but returns a proper error.

It would nice if you could identify the public key which causes this
problem and send me a copy. 


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner




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