Bug in 1.2.4 - cannot verify messages with lines that contain dashes

Atom 'Smasher' atom-gpg at suspicious.org
Mon Mar 22 02:42:54 CET 2004


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> > I noticed when trying to verify Atom-Smasher's signatures that GnuPG
> > hung up due to the fact that his signature has a line of dashes in it.
> > Unfortunately, fake_packet() in armor.c assumes that if a string of four
> > dashes is encountered, that it is the end of the signed message.
>
> I'm afraid I don't really understand the problem you're having.  Can
> you post an example of the problem?  I have never had a problem
> verifying a signature from anyone on this list.
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i'm also curious what you're observing.... i've never had any complaints
about my pgp signatures....

i'm not aware of any "line of dashes" in my signature, and any dashes in
the body (of an in-line signed email) would be dash-escaped.


	...atom

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 PGP key - http://atom.smasher.org/pgp.txt
 3EBE 2810 30AE 601D 54B2 4A90 9C28 0BBF 3D7D 41E3
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	"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then
	 whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
		-- Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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Comment: What is this gibberish?  -  http://atom.smasher.org/links/#digital_signatures

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