gnupg 1.0.5 slower than previous version on debian

[Andrew McDonald]

On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 01:34:09PM +0200, PARIS Jean-Fran?ois wrote:
> 
> I've recentry build gpg 1.0.5 (apt-get source gpg -b) on my Debain/potato
> I use it with mutt 1.3.7. I've noticed that all is much sloxer than before
> 
> Signing a message was nearly instantaneous and now it's quite long
> (4-6 seconds)

> Is there someting wrong ?

No. This is a result of the extra checks done to avoid certain attacks
on the secret key file.

You can use an option to disable it if you really want:
       --no-sig-create-check
                 GnuPG  normally  verifies  each  signature right
                 after creation to protect against bugs and hard-
                 ware malfunctions which could leak out bits from
                 the secret key.  This extra  verification  needs
                 some time (about 115% for DSA keys), and so this
                 option can be used to disable it.  However,  due
                 to  the  fact  that the signature creation needs
                 manual  interaction,  this  performance  penalty
                 does not matter in most settings.


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Andrew McDonald
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