simplifying the use of --throw-keyid option

[David Shaw]

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On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 10:50:22AM -0700, vedaal@hush.com wrote:
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> >Message: 14
> >Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:17:14 -0400
> >From: David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
> >To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
> >Subject: Re: simplifying the use of --throw-keyid option
> ..
> >> [2] can there be an option where one can choose to have gnupg
> >inform
> >>  
> >> the user if the passphrase is entered incorrectly for that key,
> >>
> >> {especially useful for 'secure' passphrases, entered from the commandline,
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> >>
> >>  where mistyping may be common)
> >
> >I don't understand this.  GnuPG already reports that a passphrase
> >is
> >invalid.
> ..
> 
> sorry for not articulating the request more clearly:
> 
> as the throw-keyid switch implemented now,(1.2.2), gnupg gives only one
> chance per key to enter a passphrase
> 
> gnupg does not distinguish whether it is the correct key with an incorrectly
> entered passphrase,
> or a correctly entered passphrase, but not for the key it was encrypted
> to,
> 
> and after only one chance, without saying if the passphrase is incorrect
> or not, goes on to the next key

This was also addressed in 1.3.x, as there is only one passphrase
prompted for.

David
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