GnuPG: Bad Passphrase (try 2 of 3)

[Dirk Gottschalk]

Hello.

Am Montag, den 07.01.2019, 13:53 +0100 schrieb Matthias Apitz:
> Hello,
> 
> I've GnuPG 2.1.12 on my mobile device (without any OpenPGP card) and
> generated there a new secret key to encrypt credentials I'm using on
> this device. I was a bit surprised reading (after entering a bas
> passphrase for testing):
> 
> Note: This is not with the PIN of an OpenPGP-card. What would happen
> exactly after the 3rd bad value? Destroy of the key or my device? :-)

Nothing happens, the running process will just be aborted after the
third try.

Regards,
Dirk

-- 
Dirk Gottschalk
Paulusstrasse 6-8
52064 Aachen, Germany

GPG: DDCB AF8E 0132 AA54 20AB  B864 4081 0B18 1ED8 E838
Keybase.io: https://keybase.io/dgottschalk
GitHub: https://github.com/Dirk1980ac

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 833 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/attachments/20190107/e5ba77ee/attachment.sig>