Error verifying encrypted and signed message

[Thorsten Steinbrenner]

Wow that was quick! THX a lot for your answer! I thought it was possible 
to only verify an encrypted message without decrypting it....

Regards,

Thorsten


Hauke Laging schrieb:
> Am Sa 13.07.2013, 15:28:41 schrieb Thorsten Steinbrenner:
>
>> Is it possible to only verify an encrypted message without decrypting it?
>
> That is impossible. In order to check a signature you must first be able to
> read it (and, of course, the data it refers to).
>
> But you can decrypt it and throw the data away:
>
> gpg --output /dev/null file.sig+enc.asc
>
>
> Hauke
>
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