Help with decrypting gpg file

[Scott Lambdin]

Is input.pgp a test file that you created?  There is an attack that involves
inserting a small section of unencrypted garbage in the file.

 Sometimes

gpg --list-packets input.pgp

can give clues.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:28 PM, John Betz <JBetz at infimark.com> wrote:

>  I was hoping to get some help with decrypting an archived file. I am
> using the following command:
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> echo “passphrase”| gpg --passphrase-fd 0 -o output.txt -d input.pgp
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> The output file is created with no problem, however, there is garbage in
> the first record. If I rename the file (or create it) with a .zip extension
> and try to open it with WinZip it does not recognize the file as an archive
> file. When I do the same operation with PGP there is no problem.
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> I have scoured the documentation looking for the correct command or option
> for indicating to gpg that the file is an archive file, but no to no avail.
> Any help I can get with this would be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> John Betz
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