avi israel isr_avi at netvision.net.il wrote on Thu Nov 15 11:27:24 CET 2007 :
" ... how can I identify GPG files not by their name (e.g. extension) but by their first bytes or file header. For example – zip file starts with 'PK' (ASCII). ..." as a general rule, comparing pgp and gnupg encrypted files in ascii armor, the gnupg encrypted message will begin with an 'h' and the pgp one will begin with a 'q' for both v4 rsa and dh keys for v3 keys, pgp will also begin with an 'h' (but *most* of us, with some notable exceptions ;-) don't use v3 keys anymore except when using pgp 2.x ) vedaal -- Click here to double your salary by becoming a medical transcriber. http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4eKoYeGjyfZHRaPkuJICqE1YHfOmDbwoeGdPVtrQwBuW8fYj/ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
