Re: sha-1 protected test key

On Wed Apr 17 2002; 21:52, Imad R. Faiad wrote:

> Can you please advise what do you mean by
> "sha-1 protected key"?  As I see no such
> term anywhere in RFC440-bis04.
In section 5.5.3. Secret Key Packet Formats

      - If the string-to-key usage octet was 255, then a two-octet
       checksum of the plaintext of the algorithm-specific portion (sum
       of all octets, mod 65536). If the string-to-key usage octet was
       254, then a 20-octet SHA-1 hash of the plaintext of the
       algorithm-specific portion. This checksum or hash is encrypted
       together with the algorithm-specific fields.



        Timo