What's the encryption flow?

[Jon Debonis]

Is there a document or diagram that explains how encryption happens?

This is what I assume from http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/c173.html

rand_key = GenerateRandomKey(bits)
rand_key_e = E_pk(rand_key)

cypher_text = E_rand_key(plain_text)

unsigned_message = headers + rand_key_e + cypher_text

... sign message...

Where E_pk === encrypt with public key (asymmetric);
  E_rand_key === encrypt with random_key (symmetric);

Using user-specified ciphers.

Jon




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