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purpose of the checksum?

2001-04-04 12:33:35
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

The checksum of a pgp message block, can be deleted together with the
footer, from any pgp signed/encrypted/signed & encrypted message without
affecting decryptability or verifiability.
{as long as the pgp footer is deleted together with it.  if only the
checksum is deleted without the footer, there will be a message of <ascii
armor incomplete>}

As this is so, what is the purpose of the checksum?


vedaal nistar


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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 6.5.8ckt: build 4   < http://www.ipgpp.com/>
Comment: { Acts of Kindness better the World, and protect the Soul }
Comment: KeyID: 0x6A05A0B785306D25
Comment: Fingerprint: 96A6 5F71 1C43 8423  D9AE 02FD A711 97BA

iQEVAwUBOsty4moFoLeFMG0lAQHpiAf+OqLfs7jdQ3/LyE8JxqKSLD7RBlPOSr2G
CMpNtYIuLHzumbOuai/mzuSIlahJMhuRjgelqSkBXNb1s+GqkfJZ3cNdPkkrr9VC
gFixgE1zI0ODMCcTGt4k1wIqdn2MiBrNH12pUXAebzqXQ5TgtRKJ09+hV23VLNyd
K07vbZw4qUtj8RGdYwRXocr1CiCmqnaqtLLKKryqSfAxX4+Og3D5pPC08XNWm4vy
/dIKspyjpe2dcz//19I1nUn+j8AwZ1nO0j4TVtMXhpFfuAywZujTxAch8hrK1tXs
uaskaKe1C8pTnTBKL1ISavQKddXdADQs686lteyYKpDwQzVwGwRLZA==
=AsoF
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