At 12:53 PM 10/07/2000 +0900, sen_ml(_at_)eccosys(_dot_)com wrote:
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to all:
i've been curious about the length of the random padding octets. i
presume none of them are allowed to 0x00 (that's what non-zero data
means, may be?) and thus the 0x00 value preceding the
algorithm-specifying octect can serve as a "marker" to indicate where
the random padding ends. is that correct?
Yes. The doc located at:
ftp.pgpi.org/pub/pgp/2.x/doc/pgformat.txt
explains that in the section entitled:
"Conventional Data Encryption Key (DEK) "packet""
It also notes it in 2437 (with reference to Ulf's pointers to the padding
section/s) and 2313, that you have to use NON ZERO values in the random number.
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