Receiving invalid packet errors when decryption Ascii Armored data

[Paul Richard Ramer]

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On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:25:09 -0500, Seidl, Scott wrote:
> I am sending data to a vendor for processing and they are at times having 
issues decrypting our files.  We are ASCII armoring the file before we send
it, and they are receiving a error of:
> 
> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2d)
> 
> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2d)
> 
> 
> 
> I've look at the file we sent to them and see no issues or extra data 
around the ASCII Armor header/trailer records.
> 
> Can someone provide more details on what would be causing this error?  
I've seen this with Binary (non- ASCII armored) files.
> 
> I am using GNUPG v 1.4.9 to encrypt the files on a Linux box.  I can tell 
that the vendor is also using GNUPG from the error email I get, but I don't
know the version.

Have you and the vendor compared checksums on the ASCII-armored files to
confirm that the files that you sent and the files that they received
are identical?


- -Paul

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