Missing 'END PGP MESSAGE' not detected

Kavalec kavalec at gmail.com
Wed Jan 19 18:09:52 CET 2011



David Shaw wrote:
> 
> On Jan 19, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Kavalec wrote:
> 
>> Is there a way to force the decrypt to fail on a missing 'END PGP
>> MESSAGE' ?
> 
> ... take one of your truncated files and run:
> 
>  gpg --list-packets the-truncated-file.asc
> 
> Look for a line that reads "mdc_method: 2".  If you see that, you are
> protected from truncation no matter what your transport system does.
> 
> David
> 
> 

Thanks David, that does give a 'fatal' error indicator, which we can test
for.

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