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Re: PGP hole

To: "Dr. D.C. Williams" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PGP hole
From: Alan Barrett <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 11:23:19 +0200 (GMT+0200)
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <199409300340.UAA15324@python>
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> The bug seems to be present in all versions (even the ViaCrypt versions
> have this problem). It has been reported as a bug to the MIT pgp-keepers.

The "bug" looks like a deliberate design decision to me.  Everything from
the "--- BEGIN PGP" line to the first blank line is ignored, and is not
considered part of the signed message.  There's a comment in the source
code (file armor.c in the versions I checked), saying "Skip header after
BEGIN line". 

--apb (Alan Barrett)

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