Newbie question: GnuPG and PGP

[Martin]

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On Saturday, January 06, 2001 (CS:6.01.006) 10:15:34 [AM] (+0000)
Jesus M. Salvo Jr. [jmsalvo@ihug.com.au] wrote...

> First of, please cc me to my e-mail address at jmsalvo@ihug.com.au as I
> am not subscribed to the list.

Done

> Second of, I have read the GnuPG to PGP HOWTO:
>=20
> 	http://technocage.com/~caskey/gnupg/pgp2gnupg.html

ok...

> However, my problem is related to signing, which is not covered on the
> above.

?
=20
> 	* Using GnuPG, I encrypted a file to myself using my public key. I then
> tried to decrypt the same file with PGP using my private key (OK)
> 	* Using GnuPG, I signed a file to myself using my private key. I then
> tried to verify the same file with PGP ( THIS IS NOT OK )

I think this is a PGP 5/6 problem.
=46rom /opt/gnupg-1.0.4/doc/FAQ

5.5) Why is PGP 5.x not able to verify my messages?

    PGP 5.x does not accept V4 signatures for data material but OpenPGP
    requires generation of V4 signatures for all kind of data.  Use the
    option "--force-v3-sigs" to generate V3 signatures for data.

> 	* Using PGP, I encrypted a file to myself using my public key. I then
> tried to decrypt the same file with GnuPG using my private key ( OK )
> 	* Using PGP, I signed a file to myself using my private key. I then
> tried to verify the same file with GnuPG ( OK )

> Can anyone tell me what that ( sub 1024g/8613FF52 means and why is it
> not the same as below? I did not create a key pair in GnuPG. All I did
> was import everything.

Take a look at /opt/gnupg-1.0.4/doc/DETAILS

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE6VyXmffxhyW5sNDERAnQ1AKCJhnSGAHTC9k7TjO+c6dLXAtLDYgCgzjj6
fpK2YC1sjY7UfGAvF2IEQrc=
=jbL0
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