pgpfan:tpp
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pgpfan:tpp [2022/05/29 00:35] – I implicitly agreed with a incorrect statement. I need to fix that. b.walzer | pgpfan:tpp [2022/06/06 19:02] – Clearer wording. b.walzer | ||
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>The PGP MDC can be stripped off messages –– it was encoded in such a way that you can simply chop off the last 22 bytes of the ciphertext to do that. | >The PGP MDC can be stripped off messages –– it was encoded in such a way that you can simply chop off the last 22 bytes of the ciphertext to do that. | ||
- | Well, sure, you could do that. An implementation would probably | + | Well, sure, you could do that. An implementation would probably |
>To retain backwards compatibility with insecure older messages, PGP introduced a new packet type to signal that the MDC needs to be validated; if you use the wrong type, the MDC doesn’t get checked. | >To retain backwards compatibility with insecure older messages, PGP introduced a new packet type to signal that the MDC needs to be validated; if you use the wrong type, the MDC doesn’t get checked. |
pgpfan/tpp.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/19 13:21 by b.walzer