Just when you thought it was safe to use ASCII armor to protect
messages. I don't think we need to worry about this in 2440bis, but
it's amusing in a "oh, fer cryin out loud" sort of way.
Seen on alt.security.pgp:
-- forwarded message --
From: "joe" <not(_at_)home(_dot_)com>
Newsgroups: alt.security.pgp
References:
<1086710031(_dot_)211(_dot_)0(_at_)dyke(_dot_)uk(_dot_)clara(_dot_)net>
Subject: Re: corrupt data in pgp
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:46:53 +0100
Lines: 44
It seems like within the block of pgp encrypted text, if the line
starts with the characters '//' MS OutlookExpress will automatically
add the 'file:' before it making it file:// I guess the same thing
will happen when it starts with xyz(_at_)abcdef(_dot_)mnop etc. it just assumes
it's an address location when it encounters the '@' symbol followed by
the fullstop '.' & thinks it's a email address or URL etc.
I removed the 'file:' from my block of encrypted data & it decrypted
perfectly.
joe.
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