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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: GreenDragonInn on August 07, 2012, 07:37 pm

Title: Issues PGP
Post by: GreenDragonInn on August 07, 2012, 07:37 pm
hi there,

I downloaded and installed GNU PA 2 days ago and created my key as instructed on these forums. Today, i got my first encrypted order.
I coped it in the clipboard, pressed decrypted and filled in my password. A loading bar came up for a second but right after i got a message;
Error in operation result, No valid UTF-8 at position 9. I tried it a few more times, but kept getting that.

When i try to encrypd a random message here on the forums, i get "general bug" the system will try to recover

any help? need to send this order asap :/
Title: Re: Issues PGP
Post by: GreenDragonInn on August 07, 2012, 08:14 pm
thanks!

I'm afraid its an issue with the block then, in cp i'm getting: can't open no such file or directory.

Should i just mail the guy that the block is wrong?
Title: Re: Issues PGP
Post by: random0 on August 07, 2012, 09:59 pm
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Make sure that there are FIVE dashes, i.e. ----- both before and after the BEGIN PGP MESSAGE. The same goes with the END PGP MESSAGE.
Even if just a single one of these dashes is missing, the message can fail to decrypt, or the key to import.
Also, if you're using email, look out for quoted-printable characters. PGP/GPG will sometimes complain about quoted-printable characters in a message. If you get such an error message, look for characters like:  =20 (space) and =3D (equals).
Strip out the =20 and 3D in front of the = sign, and you rmessage should decrypt normally.
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=20187.msg283323#msg283323

Guru, can you name anything else to look for?
Title: Re: Issues PGP
Post by: random0 on August 08, 2012, 01:38 pm
Okay then can you name any auxiliary, extra, insignificant, minor, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, unimportant ones please? :)
I'd like to learn.