can't decrypt symmetrically encrypted files from PGP

[Werner Koch]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:08:21 +0200, Mark Koek said:

> Hi,
> I can't decrypt files encrypted with PGP using symmetric encryption. GPG says 
> "bad passphrase" even though I'm sure the passphrase is correct.

> Try the attached test file, for example. The key is "passphrase".

Use 

gpg --load-extension idea  --cipher-algo idea

but you need the idea extension, but:

 * DUE TO PATENT CLAIMS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE IS NOT ALLOWED IN
 * THESE COUNTRIES: 
 *     AUSTRIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, 
 *     SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, THE UK AND THE US.

all others (and Johan) can get it from www.gnupg.dk/contrib-dk/idea.c
and .sig 

  Werner

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