Problems decrypting a mail with my openpgp card
zvrba at globalnet.hr
zvrba at globalnet.hr
Wed May 17 19:48:36 CEST 2006
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On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 10:46:32AM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
>
> You basically can't, unless you have a copy of your authentication key
>
Why not? Authentication is the same as encryption with private key which
amounts to decryption of the original content ;) (modulo padding.) I think
that it should be possible to hack some program which would use
authentication key with given prefabricated blob of data, in effect
decrypting what is needed...
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